Andrew Cutting

Hale: Labour should listen to Greens on 'real people' Former Supreme Court president says European Convention on Human Rights wrongly blamed for issues bothering politicians.

Former Supreme Court president Lady Hale on calls for the UK to quit the ECHR:

‘They are bothered about deportation of foreign national criminals. This is not a problem…The convention does not stop you doing that.’

🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/hale-la... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Very interesting: Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences, writes @gsamaras.bsky.social👇

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/medi... via @politico.eu

"Some media are no longer just covering the far right but helping it speak."

The President and Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights will host a live Q&A session on YouTube from 11am local time (10am UK time) tomorrow, Tuesday 3 March.

Send questions👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Watch live👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpK5...

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I remember a friend, probably aged around 7, being hit (hard) with a wooden ruler on bare legs in front of the whole class.

Still remember him screaming.

Teachers stop hitting children after Scottish mums complain to Strasbourg - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int <p>Grace Campbell and Jane Cosans sent their children to state schools which continued to allow the use of corporal punishment. The two mothers complained to the European court, which found that this ...

What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for anyone in Britain?

On this day in 1982, the @echr.coe.int ruled that teachers hitting kids in UK state schools was not OK👇

🔗 go.coe.int/tqT6M

Millions of people have since been educated without the threat of physical violence.

#ECHR

Good that the @dailymail.co.uk has corrected this.

The European Court of Human Rights has not “come to the defence” of Shamima Begum.

It is dealing with her complaint in line with its usual procedure.

See the @echr.coe.int press release here👉
go.coe.int/ZNY81

Governments urged to step up enforcement of big tech amid rush to ban social media for under-16s | Computer Weekly European states should consider enforcing regulation against big tech companies before they consider banning children and teenagers from social media, according to the Council of Europe’s human rights...

Should children be banned from social media?

Regulate tech companies before kids, says the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner👇

🔗 www.computerweekly.com/news/3666392... via @computerweekly.bsky.social

@coe.int @commissionerhr.coe.int

SG @alain-berset.coe.int in Kyiv: "At this crucial moment for Ukraine and for Europe, we must remember that hard security and democratic security go hand in hand. NATO’s defence pillar cannot stand without CoE’s support to democratic security and long-term stability."

vimeo.com/1165342855?f...

In the last 10 years, around 1 in 1,000 applications to the European Court of Human Rights (0.1%) led to the @echr.coe.int finding a violation of the human rights convention related to immigration.

Check out our updated factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇

🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2

The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next? This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed

Must-read on today’s High Court ruling concerning Palestine Action by top UK law and policy commentator @davidallengreen.bsky.social👇

🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... via @prospectmagazine.co.uk

The European Court of Human Rights has dealt with over 430,000 applications in the last 10 years.

Less than 2% of those related to immigration.

And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.

Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇

🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2

Britain leads world when it comes to migration concerns, major poll finds More than one in five (21 per cent) Britons say immigration is the biggest problem the country faces, but the issue barely registers as a top concern elsewhere

Very interesting: 21% of Britons say immigration is the biggest problem the country faces, but the issue barely registers as a top concern elsewhere👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com

Also here: www.echr.coe.int/factsheets

Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int European convention on human rights : How it changed the lives of many people across the continent.

This is quite a good place to start👇

www.coe.int/ECHR

How do Europeans in five major countries see the ECHR? | YouGov Poles are consistently the most positive towards the ECHR, French tend to be most negative

People in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland see the ECHR’s positive impact on security co-operation and their day-to-day lives as far outweighing its impact on their country’s ability to deport illegal migrants👇

🔗 yougov.co.uk/internationa... via @yougov.co.uk

How do Europeans in five major countries see the ECHR? | YouGov Poles are consistently the most positive towards the ECHR, French tend to be most negative

Super interesting: How do people in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland see the European Convention on Human Rights?

🔗 yougov.co.uk/internationa... via @yougov.co.uk

Compare and contrast with the latest UK data, from last October, here👇

🔗 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

#ECHR

Showing off, because it’s my birthday, but I’m quite proud of this photo!

Busy week in my adopted second-home country…🇧🇪

Judicial pragmatism We hear what you say but don’t tell us what to do, judges tell states

“We hear what you say but don’t tell us what to do.”

Must-read by the UK’s top legal commentator @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social on migration, the European Convention on Human Rights and yesterday’s annual report from the @echr.coe.int👇

🔗 rozenberg.substack.com/p/judicial-p...

Human rights court not ‘an obstacle’ to states implementing immigration policies A political priority ‘cannot become a judge’s priority’ says ECtHR president

Of 430,000 applications decided by the European Court of Human Rights since 2016, about 2% have concerned migration, says ECHR president Mattias Guyomar👇

🔗 www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co... via @irishtimes.com

The Court's annual report and statistics for 2025 are now online 👉 go.coe.int/BxL4M

France to scrap law penalising spouses for refusing sex Concept of ‘marital duty’ will no longer be valid grounds for fault-based divorce

After a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights, French women will no longer be obliged to have regular sex with their husbands👇

🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4157dfa... via @telegraph.co.uk

Another example of how the ECHR has changed people's lives across Europe.

More👉 www.coe.int/ECHR

Andrew Boff: Why Conservatives should champion the ECHR, not run from it | Conservative Home It reflects British legal traditions more than foreign ones, and it stands as insurance against the very sort of authoritarian or socialist government Conservatives most fear.

Interesting: Conservatives should champion the European Convention on Human Rights, not run from it, writes London Assembly member @andrewboff.bsky.social👇

🔗 conservativehome.com/2026/01/28/a... via @conservativehome.bsky.social

The ECHR is there to restrain the state and protect the individual.

Bible Belt party SGP names 46 women on local election lists - DutchNews.nl The fundamentalist Protestant party SGP has named 46 women as candidates for the local elections in March, twice as many as at the last polls four years ago. Women are standing for the SGP in nine mun...

Interesting: 46 women are standing as local election candidates for the Dutch “Bible Belt” party SGP👇

🔗 www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/bibl... via @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social

The party was forced to lift its ban on women candidates after losing a case at the European Court of Human Rights.

“The Council of Europe is the counter-model to violence as an instrument of political power” – Stefanie Hubig - Portal - www.coe.int <p><strong>German Justice Minister emphasises need for rule of law at Parliamentary Assembly</strong></p>

“Law must prevail over violence,” says German justice minister Stefanie Hubig at @pace.coe.int in Strasbourg👇

🔗 go.coe.int/7426q

“The Council of Europe is the counter-model to a world in which violence has become an instrument of political power.”

@coe.int #RuleOfLaw

The European Convention on Human Rights was a benefit to British troops, not a burden, writes the Commander Legal for the Iraq War in 2003👇

🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/5542abd... via @telegraph.co.uk

It was a force for good, ensuring humane treatment and proper accountability.

#ECHR

Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.

Council of Europe boss Alain Berset in the New York Times: “International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose.”👇

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Quote from the piece by Marco Lo Nardo: “The updated Checklist is a timely reminder that the rule of law is not a static concept, but an evolving set of principles, values and guarantees that must respond to specific and evolving risks and realities.”

In December, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission updated its Rule of Law Checklist.

MARCO LO NARDO explains what this tool does and outlines the main innovations.

verfassungsblog.de/venice-commi...

Tackling race hate Terrorism reviewer says we should start by enforcing the laws we have

Interesting: #FreeSpeech shouldn't trump other rights, the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws tells Policy Exchange👇

🔗 rozenberg.substack.com/p/tackling-r... via @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social

“Democracy should not harbour the seeds of its own destruction.”

#HumanRights #ECHR #Article17

Quick question: Is the European Court of Human Rights REALLY trying to pick a fight with the UK over the Shamima Begum case?

Short answer: No

Full @echr.coe.int press release👉 go.coe.int/ZNY81

#ECHR #StatementOfFacts

@andrewcutting.coe.int Please share & RT on #HumanRightsDay 📢

Busy day in Strasbourg

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@coe.int #Migration #HumanRights #ECHR #ECHR75 #OurRightsAndFreedoms