Content tagged with A14: Prohibition of discrimination
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EHRAC and partners urge European Court to examine discrimination inherent in Russia’s handling of sexual violence complaints
On 29 January 2020, EHRAC, together with the Equal Rights Trust and Equality Now, submitted a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in a case in which the applicant was repeatedly and brutally raped by her ex-husband, urging the Court to examine the State's handling of rape complaints and their investigation under the right to non-discrimination (Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights) and to adhere to consent-based definitions of rape.
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Resource | Case Summary | 14 Jan 2020 | By Nicola Balmer
J.D. and A v UK
European Court rules that UK's bedroom tax breached the rights of two applicants.
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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 | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Oliver Saunders
Aliyev v Armenia, Hakobyan v Azerbaijan et al.
Four cases brought by four separate families whose homes were shelled by the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan during the hostilities of April 2016 have been communicated to the ECtHR.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Nicola Balmer
Volodina v Russia
Failure to protect from, prevent, deter, censure or investigate serious and prolonged domestic violence amounted to degrading treatment, contributed to a “climate conducive to domestic violence” and was discriminatory on the basis of gender.
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Four Russian LGBT activists arrested and detained for peacefully protesting “homosexual propaganda law” counter Government’s submissions
Four Russian LGBT activists arrested and detained during peaceful protests against the State Duma’s adoption of a “homosexual propaganda law” have responded to the Government’s arguments before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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European Court finds Russia’s refusal to register 3 LGBT organisations unjustified and discriminatory
On 16 July 2019, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia’s refusal to register associations set up to promote and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to violate the rights to freedom of association and to be discriminatory on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Court’s judgment was informed by a third party intervention submitted jointly by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), ILGA-Europe and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on 29 July 2016.
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EHRAC pushes for State accountability for failures to protect women from gender based violence
Over the last year, EHRAC and our partners at Georgia have litigated five cases of violence against women from Georgia before the ECtHR and the CEDAW Committee. These cases address a broad spectrum of gender based violence, from honour-based crimes in ethnic minority communities to abuse perpetrated by law enforcement officers.
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Armenian newspaper’s ‘Blacklist’ of LGBTI activists is hate speech
EHRAC and PINK Armenia are representing 14 people included on a 'blacklist' in 2014 inciting discrimination against LGBTI+ people.
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Police should protect from and investigate religious hate crime against Georgia’s Muslim minority
Plans for a Muslim school in Kobuleti were marred by abuse by Orthodox Christians, who, at the peak of their hate crime, nailed a pig’s head to the school.