{"id":3661,"date":"2021-04-23T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=3661"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:26:41","slug":"ehrac-guide-to-litigating-article-18-cases","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/resources\/ehrac-guide-to-litigating-article-18-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Litigating \u2018Article 18 cases\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adaddc491564\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p>What does Article 18 cover, when and how should it be raised, how do you do so successfully and what is its impact?<\/p>\n<p>Article 18 is a provision which, in essence, prevents state authorities from restricting Convention rights for ulterior purposes, and has been applied in particular in political prosecution cases \u2013 in other words, where state bodies have targeted individuals in bad faith. At its core, the object and purpose of Article 18 is to prohibit the misuse of power.<\/p>\n<p>EHRAC has successfully utilised Article 18 in a number of cases. This Guide, prepared and written by EHRAC Director Philip Leach, draws on those experiences and aims to help lawyers and NGOs litigating cases at the European Court of Human Rights (or in national courts) develop their understanding of this provision, and strategies in raising it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MR8x9C\">English: Litigating \u2018Article 18 cases\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LaUs6q\">Georgian (\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8): \u10d0\u10d3\u10d0\u10db\u10d8\u10d0\u10dc\u10d8\u10e1 \u10e3\u10e4\u10da\u10d4\u10d1\u10d0\u10d7\u10d0 \u10d3\u10d0\u10ea\u10d5\u10d8\u10e1 \u10d4\u10d5\u10e0\u10dd\u10de\u10e3\u10da\u10d8 \u10ea\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10e0\u10d8\u10e1 (EHRAC) \u10e1\u10d0\u10ee\u10d4\u10da\u10db\u10eb\u10e6\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc\u10d4\u10da\u10dd \u10db\u10d4-18 \u10db\u10e3\u10ee\u10da\u10d7\u10d0\u10dc \u10d3\u10d0\u10d9\u10d0\u10d5\u10e8\u10d8\u10e0\u10d4\u10d1\u10e3\u10da \u10e1\u10d0\u10e5\u10db\u10d4\u10d4\u10d1\u10d6\u10d4 \u10e1\u10d0\u10db\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10d0\u10da\u10ec\u10d0\u10e0\u10db\u10dd\u10d4\u10d1\u10d8\u10e1 \u10e8\u10d4\u10e1\u10d0\u10ee\u10d4\u10d1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Y8f7Ls\">Russian (\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439): \u00ab\u0412\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043b \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0435 18\u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4j6w0j0\">Ukrainian (\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439): \u00ab\u0412\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0441\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432 \u0437\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0442\u0435\u044e 18\u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MHiSFc\"><strong>Azerbaijani (18-C\u0130 MADD\u018f \u00dcZR\u018f M\u018fHK\u018fM\u018f \u0130\u015eL\u018fR\u0130N\u0130N APARILMASI)<\/strong><\/a><\/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\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adaddc4918d2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What does Article 18 cover, when and how should it be raised, how do you do so successfully and what is its impact? 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