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Iceland Found In Violation Of The European Convention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on April 16 that Iceland was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned irregularities in the recount of votes in the Northwest constituency in the 2021 parliamentary elections, changes…
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Womens’ Cases Against Iceland In Human Rights Court Make International Headlines
CNN has published a scathing report that sheds further light on the women, all of them survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, currently with cases filed against the Icelandic state in the European Court of Human Rights, on the grounds that…
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Nine Women Filing Appeals Against Icelandic State With European Human Rights Court
Nine women who live in Iceland, including one of foreign origin, have all filed appeals against the Icelandic state with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on account of how police and courts have handled their respective cases of domestic violence,…
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Icelandic Politicians Respond To ECHR Grand Chamber Ruling
Response for Icelandic politicians—both in the government and the opposition—to today’s European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber ruling that former Minister of Justice Sigríður Á Andersen (above) broke European human rights law in her appointment of judges to the Appeals Court…
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ECHR Grand Chamber Upholds Verdict On Iceland’s Appeals Court Case
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled today in the case of Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland, unanimously upholding the verdict handed down by the lower court in March 2019, finding that here had been a…
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Fastsplaining The Judges Scandal
Fastsplaining is a fairly irresponsible way to explain complicated things in an oversimplified terms. So please check out our links in the article if you want to know more.) So, there are a few facts we need to get out of the…
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Replacement For Outgoing Justice Minister Appointed
The Independence Party has retained control over the Ministry of Justice by combining it with the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Innovation—albeit temporarily. As such, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir is now Minister of Justice, Tourism, Industry and Innovation, RÚV reports. Þórdís is…
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BREAKING: Iceland’s Minister Of Justice Resigns
Minister of Justice Sigríður Á. Andersen has just announced that she will be resigning—or in her words, “stepping aside”—from her post in the wake of a European human rights court ruling. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir says that it is “untimely” to say…
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Journalist Wins Case Against Icelandic State (Again)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled in favour of Icelandic journalist Erla Hlynsdóttir in her case against the Icelandic state. Vísir reports the court found that the human rights of Erla Hlynsdóttir (shown on the right) were violated when…
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Gálgahraun Case To Go To Human Rights Court
Those opposing road construction through the protected Gálgahraun lava fields will be appealing to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to hear their case. According to a statement from the Icelandic Environment Association (Landvernd), two of the convicted protesters and the…