Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom
Dudgeon v. UK (1981): criminalising consensual homosexual acts in Northern Ireland breached Article 8…
Country: the United Kingdom
Leading European Court of Human Rights judgments in cases against the United Kingdom. Each entry sets out the facts, the Convention Articles engaged, the Court’s ruling and why it matters — a reference for researching human-rights case law concerning the United Kingdom before the Court in Strasbourg.
Golder v. the United Kingdom
Golder v. UK (1975): refusing a prisoner access to a solicitor breached Articles 6…
Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom
Big Brother Watch v. UK (GC, 2021): the UK bulk interception and communications-data regimes…
S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom
S. and Marper v. UK (GC, 2008): the indefinite retention of DNA, fingerprints and…
Sanchez-Sanchez v. the United Kingdom
Sanchez-Sanchez v. UK (GC, 2022): extradition to the US would not breach Article 3;…
Soering v. the United Kingdom
Soering v. UK (1989): the landmark ECHR ruling that extraditing a fugitive to face…