Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has strongly criticized the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its recent decision to rule against Türkiye in an individual case filed by a teacher convicted of affiliation with FETÖ, the organization behind the 2016 failed coup attempt.

Romania must legalize same-sex civil unions, Europe's highest human rights court ruled on Tuesday, a victory for LGBTQ+ activists in the conservative-leaning country, Reuters reported.

Bulgaria is at the top of the ranking of EU member states in terms of the number of cases in the so-called "enhanced procedure" (clusters of cases posing structural and systemic problems) at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The country is in sixth place after Russia (16%), Ukraine (15%), Turkey (11%), Romania (10%) and Italy (7%).

Turkey on Dec. 2 called on the Council of Europe to avoid punishing Turkey ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara could face rare disciplinary proceedings over the case of a jailed businessman Osman Kavala.

The Declic grassroots movement staged on Friday a choreographed protest in Bucharest's Victoriei Square, with approximately 100 people unfurling three 30-meter-long banners that read "Cut special pensions". The Declic community is calling on the government to finalize the bill that scraps retirement benefits that are not duly covered by contributions to the pension pot.

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR ruled against Romania on Tuesday for failing to satisfy of two transgender citizens' requests for recognition of their gender identity and asking them to "furnish proof that they had undergone gender reassignment surgery".

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said in a ruling that Turkey violated a teacher's right to respect for private and family life by denying him a teaching post abroad based on his wife's clothing and a previous arrest that never resulted in a prosecution.

The Justice Ministry on Thursday responded to Greece's conviction by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) over an inheritance dispute, saying the case predates a change in laws adopted in 2018.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on April 10 ordered for Turkey to pay compensation to a family for the violation of the "right to respect private and family life" over a case claiming an Istanbul hospital had made an "erroneous prenatal diagnosis" in 1997.

Macedonia has formally apologised to Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese origin, for helping the CIA to kidnap him 14 years ago under a false pretext of him being a terrorist.