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Our resource library contains useful materials for lawyers and human rights defenders. On this page, you will find our latest legal guides, our podcasts, and a selection of interviews with judges, lawyers and applicants. Click on the buttons below to read summaries of our key cases and to access our Rule 9 submissions.<\/p>

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\n Guide: Enforced Disappearances in Europe - Obligations of States in International Human Rights Law<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Instructing Expert Witnesses<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Litigating cases of enforced disappearances of a short duration<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Working with adult survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (Annex to our Guide to Trauma-Informed Legal Practice)<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: International Legal Standards on Combatting Sexual Harassment<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n This guide is available in English,\u00a0Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian. Sexual harassment is a persisting human… <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Individual Communications to UN Treaty Bodies - Admissibility Issues<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Litigating Cases of Violence Against Women<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Preparing Witness Statements in International Human Rights Litigation<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Requests for interim measures before the European Court of Human Rights<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Using the UN CEDAW Committee and Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women in cases of gender-based violence<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Download the guide:\u00a0English\u00a0|\u00a0Ukrainian\u00a0| Russian Violence against women is a particularly prevalent form of discrimination against… <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Briefing Note: An overview of avenues for redress for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Ukraine<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Trauma informed legal practice for lawyers working with adult survivors of human rights violations<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Guide: Litigating self-defence in contexts of domestic violence against women<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \u2018Litigating Article 18 cases\u2019 podcast transcripts<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Frequently Asked Questions: Litigating a case before the European Court of Human Rights<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n EIN Guide on Domestic Advocacy for the Implementation of ECtHR Judgments<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Interview with Tamar Oniani, GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer and Legal Skills Development Programme 2019 Participant<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Capacity Building <\/span>\n \n Armenia Georgia Strasbourg Ukraine <\/span>\n \n Interview <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Explainer: Council of Europe Infringement Proceedings against Azerbaijan<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Bu m\u0259qal\u0259ni Az\u0259rbaycan dilind\u0259 oxuya bil\u0259rsiniz. EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and Intern Jack Dahlsen… <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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