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Louise O'Keeffe and the IHREC appealed to the Permanent Representations of the Council of Europe to impose enhanced supervision on the Government (file image)

Government 'failed' to implement judgment in abuse case

Rights campaigner Louise O'Keeffe has said it is a matter of shame that successive governments have failed to fully implement the judgment of the ECHR in the case she won there more than a decade ago.

Ireland • 31 May 24

Businesses dread a letter from Revenue - but the fear of being named and shamed does help to encourage cooperation

Possible end of Defaulters' List 'won't hinder Revenue'

Revenue will lose an important tool in its enforcement efforts if it is forced to end the publication of its Tax Defaulters' List, according to an Irish tax expert.

Business • 17 Apr 23

The first flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was stopped by the ECHR

UK unveils plans to override ECHR after Rwanda spat

The UK government has introduced legislation allowing it to override rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), after a judge in Strasbourg blocked flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda.

World • 22 Jun 22

Róisín Shortall was among five politicians who took the case

Case on religious language in political office rejected

ECHR rejects a case by a group of Irish politicians who claimed that the religious language in the oath for office of President and for members of the Council of State would potentially breach their freedom of conscience, thought and religion rights.

Ireland • 18 Nov 21

The court has said that the decisions are final

Cases taken over symphysiotomies declared inadmissible

The European Court of Human Rights has declared applications from three Irish women who underwent symphysiotomies in Irish maternity hospitals in the 1960s as inadmissible.

Courts • 10 Dec 20

Minister for Education Norma Foley speaks to some of the men (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Sex abuse survivors accuse Taoiseach over redress

A group of men who were sexually abused as children in their primary school in the 1960s have accused the Taoiseach of having used their story in the lead-up to the last election "for political gain".

Education • 09 Sep 20

Joe McHugh made the statement in the Dáil today

McHugh says abuse compensation scheme 'did not work'

Minister for Education Joe McHugh has told the Dáil the compensation scheme established by the State four years ago for people abused as children in day schools "did not work".

Ireland • 10 Jul 19

Judge said State's interpretation of ECHR ruling was represents an 'unfairness'

Judge rules State misinterpreted ECHR abuse ruling

A judge has concluded that the State has misinterpreted a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights and in doing so has denied victims of child sexual abuse access to a redress scheme to which they are entitled.

Ireland • 09 Jul 19

Louise O'Keeffe won a ruling five years ago that the State was vicariously liable for the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her former national school principal

Abuse compensation scheme 'not working', says Taoiseach

The Taoiseach has acknowledged that the compensation scheme established by the State four years ago for people abused as children in day schools is "not working".

Politics • 14 May 19

Selahattin Demirtas has been detained since 2016

EU court urges Turkey to release Kurdish politician

The European Court of Human Rights has called on Turkey to release pro-Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, ruling his detention since 2016 on terror charges was aimed at "stifling pluralism".

World • 20 Nov 18

The case against the UK was brought by a group of journalists and rights activists

European court rules against UK over mass surveillance

Europe's top rights court has ruled that Britain's programme of mass surveillance, revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden as part of his sensational leaks on US spying, violated people's right to privacy.

Europe • 13 Sep 18

Breivik had been seeking to overturn a March 2017 decision by a Norwegian appeals court that his near-isolation in a three-room cell respected human rights

Human rights court rejects mass killer Breivik's appeal

European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal by Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik who says his prison condition amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, the court has said.

World • 21 Jun 18

Survivors, lawyers, and human rights groups argue the situation is a misinterpretation of the ECHR ruling

Judge investigating Dept's implementation of judgment

A retired High Court judge is investigating whether the Department of Education is correctly implementing a European Court of Human Rights judgment in relation to the sexual abuse of children in Irish schools.

Education • 21 Mar 18

The 'hooded men' appear at a news conference after today's judgment by the European Court of Human Rights

Govt could seek 'hooded men' judgment review

The 'hooded men' described today's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights as "a missed opportunity", but the Government could yet request a referral to the Grand Chamber to review it.

Analysis and Comment • 20 Mar 18

The men said they were subjected to a number of torture methods

European court rejects 'hooded men' torture claims

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request by Ireland to find that the so-called 'Hooded Men' detained by the UK suffered torture.

Ireland • 21 Mar 18

The 'Berlusconi versus Italy' case will be heard by 17 judges

Berlusconi takes fight against election ban to court

Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi have argued at the European Court of Human Rights against his ban from holding public office, hoping for a green light that will allow him to run for Italian prime minister at national elections early next year.

Silvio Berlusconi • 22 Nov 17

Mr Martin said he believed the requirement of a prior complaint was "bogus"

Martin accuses Govt of 'stonewalling' abuse survivors

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has accused the Government of "stonewalling" survivors of child abuse with a too narrow interpretation of a European Court ruling that is preventing hundreds of them from accessing redress.

Politics • 15 Nov 17

Monica Leech sued Independent News and Media for damages over a series of articles in 2004

ECHR: Freedom of expression not protected in Leech case

The European Court of Human Rights has found that freedom of expression was not properly protected under Irish court procedure in the case of a €1.2m award to public relations consultant Monica Leech.

Courts • 15 Jun 17

Two children seen being released from the school during the 2004
siege

'Serious failings' by Russia in Beslan massacre - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that there were "serious failings" in Russia's handling of the Beslan school massacre in North Ossetia in 2004 in which 330 people were killed.

World • 13 Apr 17

The court said children needed to be protected from social exclusion

Swiss Muslim girls must take mixed swim lessons

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Muslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to mixed school-run swimming lessons.

News • 10 Jan 17

The 1998 bombing was the worst single atrocity during the Troubles

ECHR dismisses appeal from alleged Omagh bombers

A bid by two republicans to overturn a landmark civil ruling that found them responsible for the Omagh bomb has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.

Crime and Legal • 29 Sep 16

An RTÉ documentary in June revealed new evidence the British government authorised the 'deep interrogation' tactics

Call to re-open case over alleged torture in North

Amnesty International has demanded the re-opening of a landmark case against Britain over the alleged use of torture in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

News • 24 Nov 14

Europe court condemns Poland in abortion rape case

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has condemned Poland for the inhumane and degrading treatment of a 14-year-old rape victim whom the authorities tried to stop having an abortion.

News • 31 Oct 12

European Court of Human Rights