Content tagged with Protection of property
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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 | Case Summary | 14 Mar 2017 | By Olga Grygorovska
Orlov and others v Russia
Oleg Orlov, the chairman of Memorial Human Rights Centre, was abducted in Ingushetia in 2007 along with three REN-TV journalists.
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25 years on: Azerbaijani and Armenian Governments have primary responsibility to address human rights violations from Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The ECHR issued its long-awaited decisions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, calling for a property restitution mechanism and for a political resolution.
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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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2007 abduction of Memorial Chairman and journalists in Ingushetia was committed by Russian State agents
The ECtHR found Russia was responsible for the abduction, beating of and threats to four men in Nazran to report on a protest against abuse of authorities.
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Resource | Case Summary | 5 Jul 2016 | By Matthew Cuffe
Lisnyy and others v Ukraine and Russia
This case was brought by applicants who had been affected by the conflict in the Donetsk region of Ukraine from the beginning of April 2014 onwards.
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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: EHRAC submits breakdown of international standards on post-conflict property restitution to Council of Europe
On 1 November 2016 EHRAC made a submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, concerning the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' June 2015 judgments in the two cases relating to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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Resource | Submission | 1 Nov 2016
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Rule 9(2) submission on breakdown of international standards on post-conflict property restitution
On 1 November 2016 EHRAC made a submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, concerning the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' June 2015 judgments in the two cases relating to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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Why we must protect and save the European Court of Human Rights
Libkan Bazayeva, an applicant in one of the first Chechen cases before the Europea Court of Human Rights, explains the important role the judgment has played in providing her and those around her with hope of redress.
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Resource | Case Summary | 29 Oct 2015 | By Olga Grygorovska
Gayeva v Russia
Ms. Gayeva was the widow of Mr. Lev Gayev, who participated in the cleanup operation at the industrial site of Mayak power plant and was exposed to radioactive emissions. Mr. Gayev died of cancer in 1985, aged 46, when Ms. Gayeva was 45 years old.