An Icelandic Woman Took the State to the European Court of Human Rights.

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled this morning in a case brought by two women against the Icelandic state, in favour of one of them. The court found that the Icelandic state had violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, concerning respect for private and family life, in its police investigation of the Icelandic woman's complaint of abuse in a close relationship. The Icelandic state was ordered to pay her 7,500.…

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The Icelandic state violated the European Convention on Human Rights by allowing the police to time out a woman's complaint of domestic violence against her ex-boyfriend. The man was not questioned until after the statute of limitations had expired. Another woman lost a similar case at the European Court of Human Rights this morning.

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A woman defeated the Icelandic state at the European Court of Human Rights this morning when the state was found guilty of violating her. She filed a complaint of violence against her, but the case expired during the investigation. Another woman, however, had to surrender. The court did not consider it proven that a violation had been committed against her. Both women filed a complaint of violence in an intimate relationship with the police. Aft…