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ECtHR Recognizes Right to Wear Skullcap in Court
January 02, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently held that a Bosnian court had violated a Muslim witness's right to manifest his religion by convicting him of contempt of court for refusing to remove his religious skullcap during legal proceedings.
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Academic Welcomes "Flexible" ECtHR Approach in Georgia
January 02, 2018
Professor Philip Leach of Middlesex University welcomes a recent holding of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in which it used a "more flexible, contextual approach" than in past cases to find that the Georgian government had violated a politician's right against "misuse of power" by removing him from his cell and improperly threatening him after his arrest.
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EU Official Seeks Political Union Through Eurozone Integration
January 02, 2018
Reuters reports that European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici recently asserted that proposals to deepen the integration of the eurozone "should advance the unity of Europe through greater convergence within the euro area and the wider Union" and must place more power over the eurozone bailout fund in the hands of the European Parliament.
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Paterson: ECJ Can Have No UK Jurisdiction After Brexit
December 29, 2017
UK Member of Parliament Owen Paterson asserts that EU demands that the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) maintain jurisdiction over legal claims from EU nationals living in Britain that their rights have been abused violates the principle that "independent sovereign nations cannot be bound by the rulings of foreign courts."
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Former UK Judge Criticizes Reported ECJ Concession
December 29, 2017
The Express reports that former UK Court of Appeal Judge Sir Richard Aikens has warned that a UK concession in Brexit negotiations requiring British courts to refer cases on the rights of EU nationals in Britain to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) "would be tantamount to reversing the result of the 2016 referendum."
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