The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption. The judgement argues that encryptionhelps citizens and companies to protect themselves against hacking,theft of identity and personal data, fraud and the unauthoriseddisclosure of confidential information. Backdoors could also beexploited by criminal networks and would seriously jeopardise thesecurity of all users' electronic […]
No, they are seperate. The ECHR is an institution of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But the EU would have to abide by this decision since all of its member states also ratified the convention. Although sadly there doesn’t seem to be any consequences for ignoring the rulings (and bribing a bunch of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) represantatives) as seen by Azerbaijan.
No, they are seperate. The ECHR is an institution of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But the EU would have to abide by this decision since all of its member states also ratified the convention. Although sadly there doesn’t seem to be any consequences for ignoring the rulings (and bribing a bunch of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) represantatives) as seen by Azerbaijan.