Roman Abramovich heads to European Court of Human Rights Sport Business Roman Abramovich has headed to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge a criminal investigation into the Russian oligarch being carried out by authorities in Jersey. The former Chelsea FC owner has been under investigation for four years by the Channel Islands authorities in a move that has seen £5.3bn of his assets frozen. [...]
UK Government response to alleged Russian elections interference upheld by ECHR Legal The UK Government's response to alleged Russian interference in UK elections, including the 2019 general election, did not violate the right to free elections, rules top European court
Caster Semenya’s right to a fair hearing was violated, ECHR Grand Chamber rules Sport Caster Semenya’s right to a fair hearing was violated, according to an ECHR ruling today. But World Athletics is unlikely to change its rules in relation to Semenya despite the athlete winning a “partial victory” at the ECHR, a top legal expert has warned. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Semenya has been unable to compete in [...]
Churchill myths and bad history are no reason to defend the ECHR May 29, 2025 Defenders of the European Convention on Human Rights, from John Major to Keir Starmer, have peddled the fallacy that Winston Churchill was the brains behind it. He was no such thing, argues Yuan Yi Zhu Six decades after his passing, the legend of Sir Winston Churchill remains undiminished. Almost all of his contemporaries have faded [...]
How the Human Rights Act makes Britain harder to govern November 15, 2024 The Human Rights Act undermines Britain’s parliamentary democracy and common law tradition by placing the protection of human rights onto an unstable, frequently unknowable basis, says Yuan Yi Zhu In 1999, to protect victims of sexual assault from degrading treatment, parliament enacted legislation to protect complainants in sexual assault cases from being cross-examined in court [...]
The ECHR is a vital guarantor of our freedom October 3, 2024 Far from endangering our freedoms, the ECHR makes the individual, not the state, the centre of the international order, says Sam Fowles An immutable law of modern politics is that the louder a politician bloviates about “freedom” the more authoritarian they will be in power. The last government waxed lyrical about “freedom of speech” then [...]