A month and a half after the protest in Belgrade, the European Court of Human Rights passed a temporary measure against the state of Serbia on the use of sound devices to control the gathered citizens
"The use of sonic weapons in Serbia is illegal and, accordingly, the procurement of such assets was not carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations," the press release of the non-governmental organizations pointed out.
Russia's Law on Foreign Agents "stigmatizes and misleads" and violates the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled
The European Court of Human Rights asked the border police of Belgrade not to return to Turkey a citizen of that country of Kurdish origin, who was refused entry to Serbia at the "Nikola Tesla" airport yesterday. His attorney, Nikola Kovačević, revealed to "Vreme" that the decision of the European Court means that the Turkish citizen is free and the next step is to seek asylum
The IDEAS organization announced that refugees without an interpreter are forcibly boarded on flights and returned to the territory of those countries where their lives are in danger, the risk of torture, arbitrary detention and violation of the right to a fair trial
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that Serbia will leave the Council of Europe if Kosovo becomes a member of this international organization. Apart from deviating Serbia from the European path, the realization of this threat would cause another consequence: citizens of Serbia would no longer be able to appear before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, lawyer Jovan Rajić told Vreme.
On average, citizens of Serbia five times more often than other Europeans sue their country before the European Court of Human Rights for violation of civil and political rights. Recently, we have the possibility to complain about the violation of economic and social rights at the international level. Are we going to cover that counter too?
For the authorities in Moscow, the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights will no longer be binding. Although the case of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows that the Kremlin did not care about the judgments of the court in Strasbourg even before, the State Duma, by adopting new laws, formally broke with the European international body that obliges to respect human rights.
