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  • Emilia Klebanowski

What Happens When a State Ignores Strasbourg? The Kavala Judgment and the Authority of the European Court of Human Rights

September 29, 2026

By Emilia Klebanowski On 25 August 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) delivered its landmark judgment in Kavala v Türkiye (No. 2). Sitting as a Grand Chamber, the Court found by fifteen votes to two that Turkey had violated Articles 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 18 of the European Convention […]