On 13 February 2012, Egypt's interim government announced the repeal of the death sentences issued by the Supreme Emergency State Security Courts against three men for their alleged roles in the October 2004 bombings in the Sinai Peninsula tourist resorts of Taba and Nuweiba and the 2005 bombings at Sharm el Sheikh.
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On 9 February 2012, the European Court of Human Rights found unanimously that Sweden did not violate the right to freedom of expression in imposing criminal sanctions on individuals who had distributed leaflets containing offensive and insulting statements about members of the LGBT community.
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European Court finds that long-term placement in social care home is a deprivation of liberty requiring special safeguards, but refuses to give proper recognition to right of persons with disabilities to live in the community.
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On 25 January 2012, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights conducted a hearing in the case of Catan & Ors v Moldova & Russia, concerning violations of the rights to education, private life and freedom from discrimination of children, parents and teachers in the territory of Transdniestria.
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The criminal trial of Judge Baltasar Garzón, for authorising an investigation into the crimes of Spain's Franco-era, began in Madrid on 24 January 2012.
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