The Slovak state forest company wants to confiscate privately owned plots of land, referring to the Beneš decrees. The legal basis for the confiscation is that the owners’ ancestors were Hungarian. Last week, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECHR) ruled that the proceedings were unfair. Some deem the decision a milestone in … Continue reading European Court of Human Rights Condemns Slovakia for Still Enforcing Beneš Decrees