Content tagged with Litigation
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Femicide in Georgia: EHRAC and partners argue State responsibility
EHRAC and our partners at the Georgian Young Lawyers Association and Union Sapari (Tbilisi) are litigating three femicide cases from Georgia.
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European Court questions SOCAR’s violent attack on Azerbaijani journalist
The European Court has asked the Azerbaijani Government to account for a serious physical and verbal assault on journalist Idrak Abbasov by SOCAR security officers in April 2012.
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Yale students conduct research for EHRAC case on internet restrictions in Azerbaijan
Students from Yale Law School are collaborating with EHRAC lawyers on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan.
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Working in partnership through mentoring
Our intensive bespoke legal mentoring enables our partners to learn through experience how to effectively use international mechanisms (predominantly the European Court of Human Rights) to reform and protect individuals’ human rights. Through our mentoring, together with partner lawyers we identify and litigate human rights cases which are strategic and have the potential to effect […]
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Georgia’s denial of legal gender recognition to trans man to be challenged before European Court
A trans man, Mr D, is challenging Georgia’s refusal to change the gender marker in his official documents before the European Court of Human Rights.
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Russia fails to provide adequate medical care to diabetic detainee for 20 months
The European Court held Russian authorities failed to provide an insulin-dependent diabetic with adequate medical care while in pre-trial detention.
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Georgia responsible for health concerns caused by Tbilisi power plant pollution
Two Tbilisi residents achieved a victory before the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that the Georgian Government was responsible for harmful air pollution emitted by a power plant just four metres from their apartment block.
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Popular critical news sites challenge block by Azerbaijani Government
Four prominent independent or opposition news websites are challenging the Government’s and courts’ decision to block access to them in Azerbaijan.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Feb 2017 | By Emil Sahakyan
Navalnyy v Russia
Aleksey Navalnyy, a political activist and an anti-corruption campaigner, was arrested during unauthorised public gatherings for variously disobeying lawful order of the police or breaching the established procedure for conducting public events.
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Resource | Case Summary | 16 Feb 2017 | By Kia Kyhl
Bayram Bayramov and others v Azerbaijan
The applicants were present at peaceful demonstrations demanding free and fair elections and democratic reform in Azerbaijan, but were arrested.