Content tagged with Implementation
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Surveillance in Russia: Judicial oversight needed
Mobile phones, internet usage, social media, messaging, app stores and even dating services – legislation enacted in Russia over the last five years has ensured that users’ data is more easily accessible to state authorities. Is such surveillance compatible with human rights standards on individuals’ right to privacy?
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Feb 2018 | By Harriet Bland
Volkov v Ukraine
Oleksandr Volkov was elected to the Supreme Court of Ukraine in 2003. In May 2010, he was dismissed from his post due to an alleged “breach of oath”. In January 2013, the ECtHR found multiple violations of his right to a fair trial and ordered Ukraine to reinstate him immediately as a Supreme Court Judge.
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Resource | Case Summary | 12 Dec 2017 | By Harriet Bland
Sargsyan v Azerbaijan (Just Satisfaction)
Minas Sargsyan, an ethnic Armenian, lived in Gulistan village, Azerbaijan, until 1992, when he and his family were forced to flee to Armenia as refugees, following heavy bombing by Azerbaijani forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He applied to the ECtHR for redress in 2006.
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Resource | Article | 25 Jul 2018 | By Joyce Man
Positive developments in Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect
In Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: the Strasbourg Effect (Lauri Mälksoo and Wolfgang Benedek (eds.)), the authors explore the various ways in which the European Court has had a beneficial impact in Russia, summarised in our leading article by former intern Joyce Man.
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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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Ukrainian Supreme Court Judge Oleksandr Volkov awarded compensation for 2010 dismissal
The Ukrainian Government has undertaken to pay Mr Volkov 1,430,212.32 UAH (approx. €41,000) for pecuniary damage for his dismissal from the post of Supreme Court Judge.
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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.