A radical preacher accused of giving spiritual inspiration to one of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks lost a legal bid in the European courts on Wednesday to challenge Britain's long-running attempts to deport him to Jordan to stand trial on terrorism charges. The European Court of Human Rights rejected the request of the preacher,...
LONDON -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Britain could legally extradite five suspects wanted in the United States on terrorism charges, including Abu Hamza al-Masri, an inflammatory Egyptian-born cleric incarcerated in Britain but accused in a range of anti-American plots that date back 14 years. In a major precedent that...
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Italy on Thursday to compensate 24 Somali and Eritrean migrants whom Italy picked up at sea in 2009 and returned to Libya, where they were handed over to the authorities. The court, in Strasbourg, France, ruled that the migrants risked ill treatment, and ordered Italy to pay each $20,000, plus $2,085 to be...
Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstol ligger i Strasbourg. Den blev etableret i 1959. Domstolens afgørelser er bindende, og har gennem tiden fået stor indflydelse på udviklingen inden for menneskerettighedsområdet.
Domstolen er et redskab for Europarådets Ministerkomité som repræsenterer medlemsstaternes regeringer, og som er Europarådets besluttende organ.
Den vurderer gennem et klagesystem om staterne efterlever menneskerettighederne.
I de seneste år har domstolen, der har 45 dommere, én fra hvert medlemsland, afsagt 7-900 domme om året.