Govt denies carrying out pushbacks, after ECHR decision
The government on Wednesday denied carrying out pushbacks, arguing its migration policy is in line with EU and international law.
Its defence came a day after a damning European Court ...
Cyprus’ migrant deal with Lebanon was ‘misguided’
Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday.
The UCy expert made the ...
ECHR orders Cyprus to pay compensation in parental custody case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Cyprus to pay €12,000 to Evangelia Zavridou for moral damage, as it ruled her right to respect of private and family life ...
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Rejection of Cypriot ECtHR judges ‘neither unprecedented nor rare’
The rejection of Cyprus’ three nominees to sit on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s judges election committee ...
Council of Europe rejects Cyprus’ list of ECHR judge candidates
The Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe has recommended rejecting the list of candidates submitted by Cyprus for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
According to a decision ...
ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal over Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday rejected Turkey’s appeal against its ruling that the country had violated the human rights of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector ...
Cyprus receives slap on wrist for refugee treatment
Cyprus on Tuesday received a slap on the wrist from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its treatment of two asylum seekers who arrived on the island in 2019.
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Turkey convicts former pro-Kurdish party officials over 2014 Kobani protests
A Turkish court sentenced former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas to more than 40 years in jail on Thursday for instigating protests in 2014 triggered by an Islamic State attack on the ...
European court backs Italy in Greek statue dispute with Getty Museum
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favour of Italy’s long-standing demand that the Getty Villa Museum in the United States return an ancient Greek ...
New round of compensation coming from north’s property commission
The ‘government’ in the north has secured £68 million sterling (€79 million) to pay compensation to Greek Cypriots who applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) and whose claims were processed by ...
Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector trial postponed
The trial of Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu, which was due to take place on Thursday, has been postponed to April 18.
The north’s military court took the decision ...
President discusses decision implementation with ECHR president
President Nikos Christodoulides discussed issues related to the implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, in a meeting with the president of the court, Siofra O’ ...
ECHR says Cyprus man’s rights not violated
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...
Foreign ministry welcomes move on refugee case
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has hailed a Council of Europe committee decision to maintain its supervision of the case of property rights of Cyprus against Turkey, noting that more countries ...
European Commission to continue calling on Turkey to implement ECHR decisions
The European Commission will continue to call on Turkey to fully and speedily implement all European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgements, the Commission said in a letter, expressing its ...
Nicolaou lawyer says conditions for bringing ECHR case have been met
National guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s family is determined to open private criminal proceedings against those who they deem responsible for covering up his death in 2005, lawyer Christos Triantafyllides told the ...
ECHR rules Cyprus violated rights of Russian suspect
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled in favour of a Russian citizen who argued his lengthy detention in Cyprus pending extradition violated his rights.
According to ...
Rights of mother whose child extradited to USA not violated: ECHR
Court proceedings in Cyprus which ordered a woman to hand over her son to be extradited to the US to be with his father in 2017, did not violate the European ...
The right to strike is a fundamental human right
UK government is wrong to argue health workers cannot go on strike
There are many rights in employment and industrial relations law that are not fundamental human rights, but the ...
Turkish Cypriot publisher Levent takes Turkey to ECHR
Turkish Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent, editor-in-chief of newspaper Avrupa, has filed a lawsuit against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for alleged violation of his ...
Turkey has been given alibi to ignore ECHR decisions says Famagusta mayor
The Council of Europe’s ruling to end supervision of a Greek Cypriot refugee’s individual application against Turkey gives Turkey an alibi to not abide by ECHR decisions, Famagusta ...
Foreign ministry backs Loizidou in disappointment at ECHR ruling
The foreign ministry on Friday supported refugee Titina Loizidou in her claims that the Council of Europe committee decision to essentially drop her case on Thursday was politically driven.
Speaking ...
Cyprus ‘disappointed’ with CoE decision on Titina Loizidou case
The government on Thursday expressed disappointment with the same-day decision by a Council of Europe committee to end the supervision process in the implementation of a prior European Court of ...
Lawyer outraged as Supreme Court clears Astrasol of causing cancer in nearby residents
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that the Astrasol plant had no bearing on the high number of cancer cases seen in nearby residents is wrong, their lawyer Loucis ...