By Thomas Hammarberg, European Commissioner for Human Rights
People turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg because they feel unable to find justice at home. Though the majority of European states do comply with the Court's decisions, there are some which are strikingly slow to abide by their obligation to execute the judgments. This is serious—a prompt, full and effective execution of the Court's judgments is key for the effective implementation of the European Convention's standards in domestic law.

By Eric King, Privacy International
Several human rights groups are celebrating a major victory against the Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US, as the UK surveillance tribunal ruled on 6 February that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) acted unlawfully in accessing millions of private communications collected by the National Security Agency (NSA) up until December 2014.