Convicted on appeal by judges who never heard the decisive witness
A Dutch appeal court reversed two acquittals without hearing the decisive witness. See why Strasbourg found a breach and what reopening requires.
A court order for a home, followed by years on the waiting list
Fifteen people won social-housing orders in France and waited years. Read why a divided Strasbourg court gave them no further remedy.
Four months into foster care, the plan to reunite a family ended
A mother lost parental authority after her child entered Dutch foster care. Strasbourg found a breach. Read what the Netherlands paid and what it planned next.
They won shelter orders in Brussels and still slept outside
Four asylum seekers had Belgian shelter orders. See when each received accommodation after Strasbourg intervened and what damages the Court later awarded.
A pension dispute and an unanswered request to hear from Luxembourg
A German law-firm partner won €3,000 plus costs when his court gave no reasons for declining an EU reference. Read how that differed from winning his pension claim.
Fined for a plastic visor at a peaceful protest
Germany fined a peaceful protester €300 for a plastic visor. Strasbourg found an assembly-rights violation. Germany later confirmed payment of his legal costs.
A checked box, three X-rays and the loss of a guardian
Belgium paid €5,000 after Strasbourg found safeguards missing in a young asylum applicant’s age assessment. Read what the court decided about consent and guardianship.
She wanted a divorce. She challenged the finding that refusing sex was her fault.
After the Versailles court blamed a wife for refusing sex, Strasbourg upheld her bodily autonomy. What the Article 8 judgment changed and why no damages were paid.
When an asylum transfer puts a person at risk
Why the Strasbourg court held Belgium responsible for transferring an asylum seeker to Greece, and what it means for evidence of risk before removal.
Whose rights are at stake when a birth record stops at a border?
A French family’s US birth records raised two different Article 8 questions. Strasbourg explained why legal parentage mattered to the children’s identity.
What is the right to join a union worth if its agreement can be undone?
A municipal employer signed a collective agreement that was later annulled. Demir and Baykara explains how Article 11 protects trade union bargaining.
