ECHR starts substantive hearing of Dutch complaint over downing of flight MH17
The ECHR ruling concerns three complaints against Russia related to human rights violations in the Donbas (eastern Ukraine) since 2014, including the downing of flight MH17. The ECHR finds that the Netherlands’ complaint about the downing of flight MH17 is admissible. The complaint will therefore be dealt with substantively. The ECHR had to consider whether it should hear the substance … Read more