Content tagged with Former Soviet Union
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The impact of strategic litigation: compensation for victims of Soviet-era repression in Georgia
The landmark 2010 case of Klaus and Yuri Kiladze v Georgia paved the way for many thousands of Georgian victims of Soviet repression to seek compensation.
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Legislating against foreign funding of human rights: A tool of repression in the former Soviet Union
The ability of civil society organisations to seek, secure and use resources, including foreign funding, is a fundamental component of their right to exist and effectively operate.
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Resource | Report | 8 Jan 2015 | By Tamar Dekanosidze
Georgian survivors of Soviet-era repression no longer denied their right to compensation
Tamar Dekanosidze follows the effects of Kiladze v Georgia on legislation regarding Soviet-era repression.
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EHRAC at the BEARR Trust Annual Conference
EHRAC's Kate Levine gave a presentation on the Russian law on 'foreign agents' at the BEARR Trust Annual Conference.
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Ukraine Україна
In 2010, EHRAC agreed to take the case of Judge Oleksandr Volkov, who had been unfairly dismissed from his post at the Supreme Court of Ukraine under President Yanukovych. However, it was only in 2014 that EHRAC formally expanded to litigate other cases from Ukraine. Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ensuing conflict in […]
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Armenia Հայաստան
EHRAC began working in Armenia in 2012, and we are currently litigating 30 cases before the European Court of Human Rights. Amongst other issues, we have litigated cases concerning the right to life, mass protests, discrimination and property rights. Human Rights Watch has expressed concerns about ill-treatment in police custody, the failure to adequately investigate […]
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Our partner organisations
Memorial Human Rights Centre (Memorial HRC) – Russia Memorial was EHRAC’s first partner organisation, and is one of the leading human rights NGOs in the Russian Federation. It was established in 1991 and has 58 branches across the Russian Federation. EHRAC works with lawyers in their strategic litigation department who bring cases to the European Court. […]
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Where we work
EHRAC launched in 2003, originally to work with the Russian non-governmental organisation ‘Memorial’ who were starting to bring their first cases to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of victims of the conflict in Chechnya. Over the past decade we have expanded our geographical reach and work with partners in: Russia (since 2003) Georgia (since 2006) […]
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Resource | Report | 1 Dec 2013 | By Daria Jarczewska
Return to torture
Amnesty International’s 2013 report, Return to torture: Extradition, forcible returns and removals to Central Asia,1 is the outcome of ten years of research and fact finding visits to the countries in the region. It documents the widespread occurrence of extradition and various forms of forcible return to torture and other ill-treatment in Central Asia, focusing on the risks faced by the […]
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Resource | Article | 1 Jun 2011 | By Furkat Tishaev
The European Court and Soviet political repression: a trap for potential applicants?
Furkat Tishaev dicusses the ECtHR's judgement in the Kiladze case and its implications for other victims of Soviet repression