The applicants, Selma Kılıc and Mürsel Kılıc, are Turkish nationals who were born in 1975 and 1974 respectively and live in Vienna. The case concerns the placement of the applicants’ children with foster families following their removal from the applicants’ care due to allegations of neglect. The domestic courts ruled, ultimately, that returning the children to their parents would put them in danger. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
ECHR: The Court finds several Convention violations on account of manifest deficiencies in the follow-up by the authorities of a child placed in foster care
3. November 2022 — Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Loste v. France (application no. 59227/12) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) taken in conjunction with Articles 3 and 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), and a violation of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion). Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
ECHR: Child adoption without taking account of the mother’s wishes breached her human rights
10. Dezember 2021 — Georg NeureitherIn today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway (application no. 15379/16) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the decision by the Norwegian authorities to allow the adoption of a child by a foster family against his mother’s wishes. The mother, a Somali national who had moved to Norway, did not ask for her son’s return as he had spent a long time with his foster parents, but wished for him to maintain his cultural and religious roots. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
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