Content tagged with Implementation
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Resource | Training resource | 26 Feb 2018 | By Ramute Remezaite and Jack Dahlsen
Explainer: Council of Europe Infringement Proceedings against Azerbaijan
EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and Intern Jack Dahlsen explain what infringement proceedings are, and why it is significant that they have been initiated against Azerbaijan.
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What should happen after the European Court finds a ‘misuse of power’ in criminal proceedings against a leading opposition politician?
Under cover of darkness one night in December 2013, Ivane Merabishvili was hauled from his prison cell and taken to meet two of the highest ranking officials in Georgian law enforcement.
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Police and prison abuses in Georgia: European Court asked to re-open cases due to failure to investigate
EHRAC and GYLA requested that the European Court of Human Rights re-examine four cases, given the Government’s ongoing failure to investigate.
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Families of ‘disappeared’ from the North Caucasus appeal to the UN for answers
It is everyone’s worst nightmare - the disappearance of a family member. We would expect the police to help find them. But what if they were ‘disappeared’ by the State authorities themselves? Who can families rely on?
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Azerbaijani authorities urged to re-open Rasul Jafarov’s criminal conviction
The Committee of Ministers called on the Azerbaijani authorities to reopen the proceedings into Rasul Jafarov’s criminal conviction in April 2015.
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Rasul Jafarov submits expert’s opinion to Committee of Ministers
Lawyers for prominent human rights defender Rasul Jafarov have today asked the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to call on the Azerbaijani authorities to reopen the proceedings into his criminal conviction.
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Resource | Report | 27 Jun 2017 | By Louisa Madsen
Strategic Litigation Impacts
In spring 2016, OSJI published an impact report on how strategic litigation has been used to effect social change regarding Roma school desegregation.
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Resource | Article | 27 Jun 2017 | By Nino Jomarjidze
The independence and impartiality of investigative authorities
For many years, the lack of transparent, independent and effective investigation of crimes committed by law enforcement agencies has been identified as one of the most serious problems in Georgia.
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Resource | Article | 27 Jun 2017 | By Dr. Alice Donald
Implementing judgments of the European Court
When states appear before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) or the Committee of Ministers, it is government representatives who take the chair. Yet the executive is not the only arm of the state that has human rights obligations: courts and national parliaments do, too.
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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.