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Reports on the European Court of Human Rights' rejection of an appeal to give full human rights to a fetus, saying that such rights must be determined on a national level. Ruling by a French court that the unborn is not entitled to full protection of the law; Case filed by French woman against a doctor who mistakenly pierced the amniotic sac of the woman's fetus.

The article reports on the fight for lifesaving abortions in Ireland. It mentions that the new fight for the said kind of abortion emanates from the death of 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar who was denied of a potentially lifesaving abortion at University Hospital Galway. It also cites the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in 2010 that Ireland was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights as it fails to identify whether a woman requires a legal abortion.

Reports that the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France is stirring anger in Great Britain. Filing of a case by Nigel Wingrove about the banning of his video `Visions of Ecstasy' by the British Board of Film Classification; Rulings in Strasbourg as forcing Britain to revise the nation's laws; Issues include corporal punishment in state-run schools; Provision of speedy access to lawyers for terrorist suspects.

Reports that the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Great Britain has failed to protect adequately a nine-year-old boy who was repeatedly struck with a bamboo garden stake by his stepfather. Information on the case of the nine-year-old boy; Reactions to the court's ruling; European countries which have banned corporal punishment by parents.

Reports that on February 19, 1997, the European Court of Human Rights declined to invalidate prison sentences which Britain imposed on Roland Jaggard, Anthony Brown and Colin Laskey for causing bodily harm while engaging in sado-masochistic activities. What these activities included; Action taken by the European Parliament; Controversy surrounding the sado-masochistic acts of these men.