Category: Factsheet

Factsheet – Unaccompanied migrant minors in detention

February 2019 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Unaccompanied migrant minors in detention See also the factsheets on “Accompanied migrant children in detention” and “Migrants in detention”. “[I]t is important to bear in mind that…

Factsheet – Reproductive rights

April 2019 This factsheet is not exhaustive and does not bind the Court Reproductive rights Access to abortion Tysiąc v. Poland 20 March 2007 The applicant was refused a therapeutic abortion, after being warned that her already severe myopia could…

Factsheet – Protection of minors

February 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Protection of minors Article 1 (obligation to respect human rights) of the European Convention on Human Rights: “The High Contracting Parties shall secure to everyone within their…

Factsheet – Parental rights

April 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Parental Rights See also the factsheets on “Children’s rights”, “International child abductions” and “Reproductive rights”. Cases concerning parental rights raise issues mainly under Article 8 (right to…

Factsheet – International child abductions

May 2018 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive International child abductions “… [I]n the area of international child abduction the obligations imposed by Article 8 [of the European Convention on Human Rights[1]] on the Contracting…

Factsheet – Gestational surrogacy

April 2019 This factsheet is not exhaustive and does not bind the Court Gestational surrogacy Cases concerning gestational surrogacy arrangements raise issues  mainly  under  Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human…

Factsheet – Children’s rights

April 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Children’s rights See also the factsheets on “International child abductions”, “Parental rights”, and “Protection of minors”, “Accompanied migrant children in detention” and “Unaccompanied migrant minors in detention”.…

Factsheet – Accompanied migrant minors in detention

April 2018 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Accompanied migrant minors in detention See also the factsheets on “Unaccompanied migrant minors in detention” and “Migrants in detention”. “[T]he child’s extreme vulnerability is the decisive factor…

Factsheet – Secret detention sites

March 2019 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Secret detention sites First so-called “rendition” case decided by the European Court of Human Rights El-Masri v. “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” 13 December 2012 (Grand…

Factsheet – Extradition and life imprisonment

December 2017 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Extradition and life imprisonment See also the factsheet on “Life imprisonment”. Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights: “No one shall be subjected to torture…