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Challenges in litigating human rights violations in the former Soviet Union<\/strong><\/p>\n

27 October 2015\u00a0at the Law Society<\/a>,\u00a0113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL<\/p>\n

EHRAC is at the frontline of safeguarding human rights and protecting those who defend them. This\u00a0panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0brings together prominent human rights defenders to discuss recent legislative changes, and the challenges they present to litigating cases of abuse in Russia and Azerbaijan, and the former Soviet Union more broadly, at domestic and international levels, including the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n

The environment faced by human rights defenders in Russia and Azerbaijan has become increasingly hostile in recent years.\u00a0Our panelist from Azerbaijan, Khalid Bagirov, is one of few human rights defenders who has not been imprisoned since the most recent State crackdown on civil society, which began in summer 2014.\u00a0Both of the organisations represented by our Russian panelists \u2013\u00a0Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Committee Against Torture<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 have had to restructure or relocate as a result of the law on \u2018foreign agents\u2019. This event is a unique opportunity for a first-hand insight into how human rights lawyers and organisations must adapt to continue their work in difficult circumstances, if European and international human rights standards are to be upheld in the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

This is a\u00a0joint event with the Law Society<\/a>\u00a0of England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/strong>
\n17:30 \u2013 18:00 Registration
\n18:00 \u2013 18:10 Introduction by Tony Fisher, Human Rights Committee, Law Society
\n18:10 \u2013 19:00 Presentations by the panel
\n19:00 \u2013 19:45 Questions and discussion
\n19:45 \u2013 20:30 Drinks<\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong>
\nChair: Tony Fisher, Human Rights Committee, Law Society
\nKhalid Bagirov, Human rights lawyer, Baku
\nStephania Kulayeva, Head of Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre, Brussels
\nOlga Sadovskaya, Deputy Chair, Committee Against Torture (NGO), Nizhny Novgorod
\nJoanna Evans, Legal Director, EHRAC, London<\/p>\n

This event is free to attend, but a reservation is necessary.<\/p>\n

Please\u00a0email Sabrina Vashisht<\/a>\u00a0if you would like to reserve a place at this event.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Challenges in litigating human rights violations in the former Soviet Union 27 October 2015\u00a0at the Law Society,\u00a0113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL EHRAC is at the frontline of safeguarding human...","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"country":[33],"theme":[88,74],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorised","country-uk","theme-capacity-building","theme-repression-of-civil-society","type-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEHRAC event: Human rights defenders under pressure - 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