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Resource | Case Summary | 4 Nov 2019 | By Ben McGowan
Magnitsky & others v Russia
Russia was responsible for the 2009 death of jailed whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky, whose case inspired new laws introducing sanctions mechanisms in the US, UK, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
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EHRAC urges UN Special Rapporteur to act over disbarred Azerbaijani lawyers in joint-submission with three NGOs
EHRAC, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) filed a joint-submission on 23 October 2019 informing the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the continuing attacks on the independent work of lawyers in Azerbaijan. EHRAC, together with the NGOs, urged Mr. Diego García-Sayán to scrutinise the situation in the country, including by requesting a visit to Azerbaijan, to urgently address the issues with the Azerbaijani authorities.
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Georgian transgender man denied legal gender recognition lodges application at European Court of Human Rights
Nikolo Ghviniashvili understood that he was male from a very young age. Since his twenties, Nikolo – who was registered as female at birth – has lived permanently as a man. He has undergone hormone treatment, bringing his physical appearance into conformity with his male identity. Nikolo's family all accept that he is a man. But the Georgian authorities refuse to do so.
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Resource | Interview | 22 Oct 2019
Interview with Tamar Oniani, GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer and Legal Skills Development Programme 2019 Participant
EHRAC spoke to one of the 2019 Legal Skills Development Programme participants , GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer Tamar Oniani, about her experience in Strasbourg.
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Family of Georgian man murdered by Abkhazia border guard reiterate Russia’s responsibility for his death
The family of a Georgian man who was murdered at a checkpoint by an Abkhaz ‘border guard’ have maintained Russia’s responsibility for his killing in their reply to observations made by the Russian Government submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 30 July 2019.
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European Court: Azerbaijani Government has case to answer over blocking of news websites
On 20 September 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) communicated the case of four independent news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan.
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How Russia’s new censorship laws are being used to stifle free expression
EHRAC Chevening Scholar Roman Kiselyov explains how Russia’s new censorship laws have been applied, confirming that human rights defenders’ fears about possible abuses of the laws have been borne out in practice.
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Russia responsible for the abduction and presumed deaths of five young men in the North Caucasus between 2007-2011
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 8 October 2019 found Russia responsible for the disappearances and deaths of five men from Chechnya, Ingushetia and other regions of the North Caucasus between 2007 and 2011.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019
Gorlov & others v Russia
Permanent CCTV cell monitoring by Russia of prisoners or those held in pre-trial detention breached their rights to respect for their private life and to an effective remedy.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Anida Zuko
Kurt v Austria
Austria did not fail in its duty to protect a child who was shot dead by his father while claims were being investigated that he had raped the child’s mother and had made threats to kill her and their children.