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Legal Service prepares to potentially reopen rape case after Cyprus is condemned by ECHR

Philenews 20 Dec 2025
case and her rape allegation, following the subsequent conviction of Cyprus by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for violating her rights by suspending the criminal prosecution against a political figure.
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Labour minister�Bridget Phillipson BLOCKS new ECHR guidance on women-only spaces on the grounds they are 'trans-exclusive'

The Daily Mail 19 Dec 2025
The Women and Equalities Secretary has refused to sign off the draft guidance more than three months after receiving it ....
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ECHR rules Türkiye interfered with right to family life of prisoner

Jurist 17 Dec 2025
As such, the maintenance of family ties during detention corresponds to an essential element of the right enshrined under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) ... ....
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What the media get wrong on the ECHR and ‘the right to family life’ | Letter

The Guardian 16 Dec 2025
Retired immigration judge Jane Coker points out that it’s the right to respect for family life that the European convention on human rights protects ... It is the right to respect for family life ... ....
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What the media get wrong on the ECHR and ‘the right to family life’

The Observer 16 Dec 2025
Why do the media refer to “the right to family life” in the European convention on human rights (What does UK want to change about human rights law – and will it happen?, 10 December). It is the right to respect for family life ... Share ... .
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‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts

The Observer 14 Dec 2025
The battle had been brewing for months. But this week it came to a head in a flurry of meetings, calls and one heady statement ... Amnesty International has called it “a moral retreat” ... Read more ... “This doesn’t correspond with reality,” he said ... 11.40 ... Share.
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Fresh calls for Britain to quit ECHR after Euro court bosses push back against tougher ...

The Sun 12 Dec 2025
... rules — sparking fresh calls for Britain to quit the ECHR.
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Law Society agrees ECHR is no barrier to immigration reform (The Law Society)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
The Council of Europe met to discuss the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and migration, with its 46 member states backing plans to tackle concerns over addressing migration within the existing legal framework.
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Starmer’s ECHR reform bid risks repeat of Brexit mistakes

AOL 11 Dec 2025
Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to reform the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) risk repeating Lord Cameron’s Brexit mistakes ... Rewriting the ECHR, which is put into effect in British law with the Human Rights Act, could take years of negotiations.
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Why is the UK leading the charge to curb asylum rights under the ECHR?

Al Jazeera 11 Dec 2025
On Wednesday, European countries agreed to begin the process of modernising the ECHR at a meeting of justice ministers in Strasbourg ... The United Kingdom is a leading voice in the charge to modernise the ECHR.
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Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat

The Independent 10 Dec 2025
Sir Keir said the issue must be tackled to prevent voters turning to ‘the forces that seek to divide us’ .
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Major talks on changes to ECHR migration rules set to start

Saudi Gazette 10 Dec 2025
STRASBOURG — International talks to revolutionize how the European Court of Human Rights handles migration cases will begin on Wednesday.The British government is urging partners to modernize the way ....
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