The first same-sex marriage in Montenegro was registered on 25.07.2021 in the coastal resort of Budva, a year after Montenegro became the first non-EU country in the Balkans to legalize…

In the case Gachechiladze v. Georgia (application no. 2591/19, 22.07.2021) the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of the Article 10 (freedom of expression).  The case concerns administrative-offence…

In the case Sandor Varga and Others v. Hungary (applications nos. 39734/15, 35530/16, and 26804/18) the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman…

In the case of Dodoja v. Croatia (application no. 53587/17, 24.06.2021) the European Court of Human Rights held that there has been violation of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3…

Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights published a Human Rights Comment on political manipulation of homophobia and transphobia with examples from all over Europe. The Commissioner…

In the case Simovski v. North Macedonia (application no. 46176/14, 24.06.2021) the European Court of Human Rights declared the application inadmissible.  The case concerned a search of the applicant’s home,…

In the latest report on North Macedonia published by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) it was concluded…

In the case of Polat v. Austria (application no. 12886/16, 20.07.2021) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to…

The “Block the hatred. Share the love!” regional campaign aimed to address the phenomenon of hate speech, thus raise awareness among the general public about the imminent danger of hate…

In the case of Fedotova and Others v. Russia (applications nos. 40792/10, 30538/14 and 43439/14) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of…