Could authorities combine personal records to flag suspected benefit fraud?
The Hague District Court found that the safeguards governing the Dutch SyRI risk system failed to protect private life under Article 8 of the Convention.
Could Belgium require ten years of residence for a disability allowance?
The Belgian Constitutional Court annulled a residence-history condition attached to an income-replacement allowance for disabled people.
A bicycle courier could choose his shifts. Who controlled the ride?
The French Court of Cassation set aside a ruling on a delivery rider’s status after examining live location tracking and the platform’s power to impose penalties.
Who must authorise restraints on a psychiatric ward?
Germany’s Constitutional Court examined five- and seven-point restraints and explained when a patient already confined to hospital requires a separate judicial safeguard.
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.
What evidence does a mayor need to restrict religious dress on a beach?
France’s Conseil d’État suspended a local beachwear restriction in Villeneuve-Loubet. The order shows why concrete evidence matters in a public-order case.
When a civil register offers only two answers
Belgium’s Constitutional Court examined who was excluded by its gender recognition law and why a finding of unequal treatment left a choice for Parliament.
Should an old conviction be the first thing a name search finds?
Germany’s Constitutional Court revisited a decades-old newspaper archive. The question was how name searches affect privacy while the historical record endures.
When the rights to life and home require climate action
In Urgenda the Dutch Supreme Court upheld a minimum emissions reduction. Read why the court could set a floor while the state chose how to meet it.
Can an EU citizen return home with a same-sex spouse?
A marriage in Brussels and a planned move to Romania tested the EU meaning of spouse. Coman explains when cross-border family life gives rise to residence rights.
