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Baena Salamanca v Spain: Press freedom prevails in forensic doctor defamation case

ECHR balances reputation rights against responsible journalism in controversial ETA release coverage.

B.M. v Spain: Psychiatric detention violated procedural safeguards under Article 5

European Court finds Spain violated Article 5 rights in psychiatric hospital committal proceedings.

Guyvan v Ukraine: Employer monitoring of work mobile breaches Article 8

Employee privacy violated when domestic courts failed to assess workplace monitoring criteria properly.

Biological father's contact rights balanced against child welfare in Kyrian v Czech Republic

ECHR upholds domestic courts' refusal of contact and information rights for biological father.

M.A. v. Latvia: Detention of mentally ill person in prison violates Article 5

ECHR finds unlawful detention where psychiatric hospital placement was court-ordered but not implemented

Gutseriev v Council: General Court annuls Belarus sanctions over inadequate assessment

Court finds Council failed to demonstrate ongoing support for Lukashenko regime

Abdulaal Naser and Others v Denmark: Jurisdiction limits in extraterritorial military operations

Danish forces' role in Iraqi operation insufficient to establish jurisdiction under ECHR Article 1.

Mortensen v Denmark: Nazi comment conviction violates free expression rights

Defamation conviction for calling political leader a Nazi breached Article 10