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ECtHR Finds Sanction Against Lawyer “Excessive”
February 12, 2019
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has determined that Portugal violated a lawyer’s right to freedom of expression by imposing what the Court considered to be an excessive fine on the lawyer for questioning the integrity of a judge.
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CoE Official Targets Hungary on NGO, Migration Policies
February 12, 2019
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on the Hungarian government to address its “many interconnected human rights challenges” by, among other things, expanding the space in which NGOs and journalists can work and returning to a “regular asylum procedure” for migrants.
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ECtHR Dismisses Challenges to Turkish Military Campaign
February 12, 2019
Voice of America reports that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dismissed cases brought on behalf of civilians killed in a broad Turkish security operation targeting separatists from the Kurdish PKK organization, finding the claimants had failed to exhaust their domestic remedies in what critics say is a failed judicial system.
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UK’s May Rejects Permanent Customs Union with EU
February 11, 2019
Reuters reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected a push by the head of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn to embrace a permanent customs union with the EU after Brexit, indicating her government’s preference for reclaiming an independent trade policy when it withdraws from the EU.
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UK, Switzerland Agree Post-Brexit Trade Terms
February 11, 2019
Sky News reports that the UK and Switzerland have signed a trade continuity agreement to maintain trade relations between the two countries following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in what is the fourth instance of Britain agreeing to continue favorable trade terms with countries after Brexit.
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