Legal Resources

Our legal resource library contains useful materials for lawyers and human rights defenders. It includes:

  • Legal Guides: training materials with practical information and advice on litigating cases at the European Court of Human Rights.
  • Case Summaries: judgments from the European Court of Human Rights, summarising the legal facts of the case and outlining the judgment.
  • Submissions: Rule 9 Submissions and Third Party Interventions by EHRAC to the Council of Europe to providing legal analysis and context.
  • Case News: news on key developments in EHRAC cases, explaining their legal significance.
Frequently Asked Questions: Litigating a case before the European Court of Human Rights
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Javad Javadov
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
On 9 June 2020 lawyer Javad Javadov shared information on social media about the alleged…
Shahla Humbatova
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
On 27 November 2019, the ABA made a decision to suspend the licence of Azerbaijani…
Irada Javadova
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
Irada Javadova is a human rights lawyer who was involved in many resonant cases, including…
Nemat Kerimli and Asabali Mustafayev
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
On 23 April 2018, the ABA issued a decision to suspend the licences of Nemat…
Elchin Sadigov
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
On 5 September 2018, the Prosecutor General’s Office discharged Elchin Sadigov from the criminal proceedings…
Yalchin Imanov
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
A member of the Azerbaijan Bar Association (ABA) since 2007, Yalchin Imanov is a human…
Abakarova v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary Defending human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
Case No. 16664/07 Judgment date: 15 October 2015 The applicant, Ms. Taisa Abakarova, lived with her family…
Guide to litigating self-defence in contexts of domestic violence against women
Violence against women and girls Legal Guide
Self defence guide ადამიანის უფლებათა დაცვის ევროპული ცენტრის (EHRAC) სახელმძღვანელო აუცილებელ მოგერიებასთან დაკავშირებულ საქმეებზე სამართალწარმოების…
Azerbaijan found responsible for death of Armenian man who was tortured in detention
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Armenia Azerbaijan Case news
Content warning: descriptions of extreme violence and torture The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)…
The right of victims of domestic violence to self-defence: stereotypes and prejudices in the decisions of Russian courts
Violence against women and girls Russia Legal Guide
Право жертв домашнего насилия на необходимую оборону: стереотипы и предрассудки в решениях российских судов
Tkhelidze v Georgia
Violence against women and girls Georgia Case Summary
Forum: European Court of Human Rights Case No.: 33056/17 Judgment date: 8 July 2021 This…
‘Litigating Article 18 cases’ podcast transcripts
Legal Guide
Follow our podcast on Litigating Article 18 cases using our transcript, available in English and…
EHRAC Guide to Litigating ‘Article 18 cases’
Capacity Building Legal Guide
What does Article 18 cover, when and how should it be raised, how do you…
EHRAC Guide to Instructing Expert Witnesses
Legal Guide
Expert witnesses can play a vital, even determinative, role in a case. An expert witness…
EHRAC Guide to Litigating Cases of Violence Against Women
Violence against women and girls Legal Guide
Violence against women is pervasive and gives rise to the most egregious violations of human…
Profile of a Human Rights Defender: Mari Davtyan
Repression of civil society Russia Videos
Russian Lawyer Mari Davtyan participated in EHRAC’s virtual expert roundtable on self-defence in contexts of…
Disbarred, suspended, or criminally prosecuted: Azerbaijani human rights lawyers
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Submission
This list has been compiled by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) on the…
EHRAC briefing paper on litigating self-defence in the context of domestic violence
Violence against women and girls Legal Guide
This briefing paper was prepared for use during EHRAC’s first virtual expert roundtable on litigating…
Litigating self-defence in a domestic violence context: Interview with Mari Davtyan
Violence against women and girls Russia Interview
EHRAC spoke to Russian lawyer Mari Davtyan about her work and recent participation in EHRAC’s…
Witness Statements in International Human Rights Litigation: Preparation Guide
Legal Guide
The European Court of Human Rights deals with the majority of cases on paper without…
Tagiyev and Huseynov v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 13274/08 Judgment date: 5 December 2019 Facts The two applicants are…
Razvozzhayev v. Russia & Ukraine and Udaltsov v. Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Forum: European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) Case No.: 75734/12 and 2 others Judgment date:…
Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v Russia (No.2)
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No: 51111/07 and 42757/07 Judgment Date: 14 January 2020 Facts The applicants…
M.M.B. v Slovakia
Violence against women and girls Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 6318/17 Judgment date: 26 November 2019 Facts The applicant was born in 2008. Her…
EIN Guide on Domestic Advocacy for the Implementation of ECtHR Judgments
Advocacy and implementation Legal Guide
The European Implementation Network (EIN) have produced a useful guide for developing a comprehensive advocacy…
Pastörs v Germany
Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 55225/14 Judgment date: 3 October 2019 Facts In January 2010, the…
J.D. and A v UK
UK Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Chamber Case No.: 32949/17 and 34614/17 Judgment date: 24 October 2019 Facts The…
Polyakh and others v Ukraine
Advocacy and implementation Politically motivated cases Ukraine Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 58812/15 and 4 others Judgment date: 17 October 2019 Facts The…
Magnitsky & others v Russia
Advocacy and implementation Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 32631/09 and 53799/12 Judgment date: 27 August 2019 Facts The first…
Interview with Tamar Oniani, GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer and Legal Skills Development Programme 2019 Participant
Capacity Building Armenia Georgia Strasbourg Ukraine Interview
From 8 July to 11 July 2019, we welcomed seven partner lawyers from Armenia, Georgia…
T.I. & others v Greece
Violence against women and girls Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 40311/10 Judgment date: 18 July 2019 Facts In this case the…
Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company Ltd & Others v Georgia
Politically motivated cases Georgia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 16812/17 Judgment date: 18 July 2019  Facts The applications were brought…
Mihalache v Romania [GC]
Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR (GC) Case No.: 54012/10 Judgment date: 8 July 2019 Facts In 2008, the applicant, Mr Mihalache,…
Kurt v Austria
Violence against women and girls Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 62903/15 Judgment date: 4 July 2019 Facts In July 2010 the applicant called the…
Gorlov & others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case Nos: 27057/06 and 2 others Judgment date: 2 July 2019 Facts The case originated in…
Georgia v. Russia (I) [GC]
Conflict and occupation abuses Politically motivated cases Georgia Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR (GC) Case No.: 13255/07 Judgment date: 31 January 2019 Facts This case concerns the expulsion orders…
Fernandes de Oliveira v Portugal [GC]
Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR (GC) Case No.: 78103/14 Judgment date: 31 January 2019 Facts The applicant’s son (“A.J.”) committed suicide…
Aliyev v Armenia, Hakobyan v Azerbaijan et al.
Conflict and occupation abuses Armenia Azerbaijan Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Application Nos: 25589/16, 25576/16, 74566/16, 74508/16 Judgment date: 9 July 2019 Facts The ECtHR has communicated…
Volodina v Russia
Violence against women and girls Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 41261/17 Judgment date: 9 July 2019 Facts The applicant suffered multiple incidents of domestic…
Liblik & others v Estonia
Right to private and family life Other Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.:  173/15 and 5 others Judgment date: 28 May 2019 Facts The applications were brought…
Ter-Petrosyan v Armenia
Politically motivated cases Armenia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 36469/08 Judgment date: 25 April 2019 Facts The applicant, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, is an Armenian…
Navalnyy v Russia (No. 2)
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 43734/14 Judgment date: 9 April 2019 Facts The applicant, Aleksey Navalnyy, is an anti-corruption…
Drėlingas v Lithuania
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Baltic States Case news
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 28859/16 Judgment date: 12 March 2019 Facts The applicant, Stanislovas Drėlingas, is a Lithuanian…
Dzhioyeva & others; Kudukhova & Kudukhova; and Naniyeva & Bagayev v Georgia
Conflict and occupation abuses Georgia Russia South Ossetia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case Nos. 24964/09 et al. Admissibility decision date: 29 January 2019 Facts In all three cases…
Khadija Ismayilova v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case Nos. 65286/13 and 57270/14 Judgment Date: 10 January 2019 Facts The applicant, Khadija Ismayilova, is…
Haziyev v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No. 19842/15 Judgment date: 6 December 2018 Facts While travelling to work…
Denisov v Ukraine
Advocacy and implementation Politically motivated cases Ukraine Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR (GC) Case No.  76639/11 Judgment date: 25 September 2018 Facts The applicant, Anatoliy Denisov, was…
Mushegh Saghatelyan v Armenia
Politically motivated cases Armenia Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case No.: 23086/08 Judgment date: 20 September 2018 Facts On 19 February 2008 a presidential election…
Aliyev v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Forum: ECtHR Case Nos. 68762/14 and 71200/14 Judgment date: 20 September 2018 Facts The applicant, Intigam Aliyev, is a…
Using the UN CEDAW Committee and Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
Violence against women and girls Legal Guide
Violence against women is a particularly prevalent form of discrimination against women, and has become…
Friendly settlements and unilateral declarations
Legal Guide
These resources present an overview of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights,…
Training packages for human rights defenders
Capacity Building Legal Guide
EHRAC is developing a series of new training resources, specifically designed to be used by…
Requests for interim measures before the European Court of Human Rights
Legal Guide
These resources present an overview of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights,…
Angela González Carreño v Spanish Ministry of Justice
Violence against women and girls Other Case Summary
Case No. 1263/2018 Date of judgment: 17 July 2018 The applicant, Angela Gonzalez, is a…
Mariya Alekhina and others (Pussy Riot) v Russia
Repression of civil society Russia Case Summary
Case No. 38004/12 Date of Judgment: 17 July 2018 The applicants – Mariya Alekhina, Nadezhda…
Alpeyeva and Dzhalagoniya v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 7549/09 and 33330/11 Date of Judgment: 12 June 2018 The applicants are former…
Rashad Hasanov and others v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case Nos. 48653/13 et al. Date of Judgment: 7 June 2018 The four applicants were…
Mammadli v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 47145/14 Date of Judgment: 19 April 2018 The applicant, Anar Mammadli, is a…
Hajibeyli and Aliyev v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case Nos. 6477/08 and 10414/08 Date of Judgment: 19 April 2018 The applicants, Annagi Hajibeyli…
The European Court and ‘secret’ state documents
Submission
On 9 April, EHRAC submitted a response to the consultation by the European Court of…
Explainer: Council of Europe Infringement Proceedings against Azerbaijan
Politically motivated cases Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Legal Guide
Bu məqaləni Azərbaycan dilində oxuya bilərsiniz. EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and Intern Jack Dahlsen…
Tsezar and others v Ukraine
Conflict and occupation abuses Russia Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 73590/14 et al. Judgment Date: 13 February 2018 The applicants currently reside in…
Volkov v Ukraine
Advocacy and implementation Ukraine Case Summary Impact case study
Case No. 21722/11 Judgment Date: 6 February 2018 Facts Oleksandr Volkov was elected to the…
Sargsyan v Azerbaijan (Just Satisfaction)
Conflict and occupation abuses Armenia Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 40167/07 Judgment date: 12 December 2017 Minas Sargsyan, an ethnic Armenian, lived in…
MM v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case number: 7653/06 Judgment date: 12 December 2017 The applicant was arrested in January 2005…
Merabishvili v Georgia [Grand Chamber]
Politically motivated cases Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 72508/13 Judgment date: 28 November 2017 On 21 May 2013, Ivane Merabishvili, former…
Navalnyye v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 101/15 Judgment date: 17 October 2017 Political activist Alexei Navalny, and his brother,…
Novaya Gazeta and Milashina v Russia
Repression of civil society Russia Case Summary
Case No. 45083/06 Judgment Date: 3 October 2017 In August 2000, a nuclear submarine Kursk…
Yankovskiy v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 24051/11 Judgment date: 25 July 2017 Vyacheslav Yankovskiy was detained in April 2010…
Carvalho Pinto de Sousa Morais v Portugal
Other Case Summary
Case No. 17484/15 Judgment date: 25 July 2017 The applicant is a Portuguese woman, who…
Human rights violations by the Russian security forces in the North Caucasus
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Legal Guide
A record of judgments from the the North Caucasus by the European Court of Human…
Providing women with protection from human trafficking and domestic abuse
Violence against women and girls Interview
Jessica Gavron (Legal Director, EHRAC) interviews Mehriban Zeynalova, founder of Clean World Public Union in…
Bayev and others v Russia
Discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people Russia Case Summary
Case No. 67667/09, 44092/12 & 56717/12 Judgment date: 20 June 2017 The three applicants are…
Bălșan v Romania
Violence against women and girls Other Case Summary
Case No. 49645/09 Judgment date: 23 May 2017 The applicant, Angelica Bălșan, was subjected to…
Orlov and others v Russia
Repression of civil society North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 5632/10 Judgment date: 14 March 2017 Oleg Orlov, the chairman of Memorial Human…
Kibalo v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 35845/11 Judgment date: 3 March 2017 In May 2007 Mr Kh. was sentenced…
Bayram Bayramov and others v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 74609/10 Judgment date: 16 February 2017 This group of cases originated as six…
Lashmankin and others v Russia
Repression of civil society Russia Case Summary
Case No. 57818/09 et al. Judgment date: 7 February 2017 The 23 applicants in this…
Navalnyy v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 29580/12 et al. Judgment date: 2 February 2017 On seven occasions between 5…
Kulykov and others v Ukraine
Advocacy and implementation Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 5114/09 et al. Judgment Date: 19 January 2017 The 18 applicants were all…
Barakhoyev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 8516/08 Date of judgment: 17 January 2017 In January 2007 Sultan Barakhoyev, the…
Berdzenishvili and others & Dzidzava v Russia
Politically motivated cases Georgia Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 14594/07 et al., & 16363/07 Judgment date: 20 December 2016 In Berdzenishvili, the…
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Rule 9(2) submission on breakdown of international standards on post-conflict property restitution
Conflict and occupation abuses Strasbourg Submission
On 1 November 2016 EHRAC made a submission to the Committee of Ministers of the…
Problems on the Crimean peninsula
Conflict and occupation abuses Crimea Russia Ukraine Interview
An interview with Tamila Tasheva, KRYM SOS In the last Bulletin, the author provided an update…
In conversation with Lord Frank Judd
Capacity Building North Caucasus Russia Interview
Reflections of the former Special Rapporteur on Chechnya for the Council of Europe (1999-2003) A…
Why we must protect and save the European Court of Human Rights
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Interview
The perspective of one of the first Chechen applicants Libkan Bazayeva EHRAC was founded in…
Jeronovičs v Latvia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Baltic States Case Summary
ECHR: GC Judgment Continuing obligations after strike-out decision (No. 44898/10), 05.07.16  Facts On 25 April…
Lisnyy and others v Ukraine and Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses Russia Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 5355/15 Judgment date: 5 July 2016 This case was brought by applicants who had…
Merabishvili v Georgia
Politically motivated cases Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 72508/13 Judgment date: 14 June 2016 On 21 May 2013, the applicant, Mr Ivane…
Yunusova and Yunusov v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 59620/14 Judgment date: 2 June 2016 Leyla Yunus (the first applicant) and Arif…
Gaysanova v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 62235/09 Judgment date: 12 May 2016 The case concerns the disappearance of Zarema Gaysanova,…
Novikova and others v Russia
Repression of civil society Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 25501/07, 57569/11, 80153/12, 5790/13 и 35015/13 Judgment date: 26 April 2016 The applicants were…
Zalyan and others v Armenia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Armenia Case Summary
Case No. 36894/04 and 3521/07 Judgment date: 17 March 2016 The applicants, Arayik Zalyan, Razmik…
Rasul Jafarov v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary Impact case study
Case No. 69981/14 Judgment date: 17 March 2016 Rasul Jafarov, the applicant, is a prominent civil…
Dalakov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 35152/09 Judgment date: 16 February 2016 The applicant, Magomed Dalakov, lives in Karabulak,…
Frumkin v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 74568/12 Judgment date: 5 January 2016 Mr Frumkin, the applicant, was arrested by the police during…
Zakharov v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 47143/06 Judgment date: 4 December 2015 In December 2003, Roman Zakharov, journalist and the chairperson of…
Gayeva v Russia
Environment Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7946/08 Judgment date: 29 October 2015 The applicant, Ms. Gayeva, was the widow of Mr.…
Abakarova v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 16664/07 Judgment date: 15 October 2015 The applicant, Ms. Taisa Abakarova, lived with her family…
Abdurakhmanova and Abdulgamidova v. Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 41437/10 Judgment date: 22 September 2015 The applicants are the mother and the…
X and Y v Georgia
Violence against women and girls Georgia Case Summary Impact case study
Communication No. 24/2009 Decision date: 13 July 2015 X was raped by her future husband…
Interview with Judge Oleksandr Volkov
Advocacy and implementation Ukraine Interview
In January 2013, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgment in the case of Oleksandr…
Interview with the Voice of Beslan
North Caucasus Russia Interview
On 14 October 2014, the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) held a Chamber hearing in the…
Tagayeva and others v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 26562/07 Decision date: 2 July 2015 On 1 September 2004, the first day of…
Isayeva v Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 36229/11 Judgment date: 25 June 2015 In August and September 2009 Ms Isayeva…
Lutsenko v Ukraine
Advocacy and implementation Politically motivated cases Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 29334/11 Judgment Date: 11 June 2015 On 26 December 2010, Yuriy Lutsenko, former…
Identoba and others v Georgia
Discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 73235/12 Judgment Date: 12 May 2015 The applicants are Identoba, a Georgian NGO advocating…
Kagirov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 36367/09 Judgment date: 23 April 2015 The applicant, Ziyavdi Kagirov, lives in Zakan…
Helsinki Committee of Armenia v Armenia
Politically motivated cases Repression of civil society Armenia Case Summary
Case no. 59109/08 Judgment Date: 31 March 2015 On 12 May 2007, a witness (L.G.)…
Zhebrailova and others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 40166/07 Judgment Date: 26 March 2015 The case concerned the unlawful abduction and…
Razzakov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
On 26 April 2009 Rashid Razzakov, a migrant worker in Voronezh, arrived at a meeting place as…
Malika Yusupova and others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 14705/09, 67305/10. 68860/10, 70695/10 Judgment Date: 15 January 2015 The applicants are close…
Albakova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 69842/10 Judgment Date: 15 January 2015 On 10 July 2009, Batyr Albakov was…
Navalnyy and Yashin v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 76204/11 Judgment Date: 4 December 2014 On 5 December 2011 the applicants, Mr Navalnyy…
Islam-Ittihad Association and Others v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 5548/05 Judgment Date: 13 November 2014 The Islam-Ittihad Association was an Azerbaijani NGO active…
Z and Khatuyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 39436/06 Judgment date: 30 January 2014 In December 2004 Mr Yanayev, a resident…
Shvydka v Ukraine
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 17888/12 Judgment Date: 30 October 2014 At a Ukrainian Independence Day ceremony in 2011,…
Amerkhanova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 4560/08 Judgment Date: 9 October 2014 The case was part of a group judgment…
Makayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 37287/09 Judgment Date: 18 September 2014 The case concerned the disappearance of the applicant’s…
Amadayev v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 18114/06 Judgment Date: 3 July 2014 The applicant is of Chechen origin and…
Antayev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 37966/07 Judgment Date: 3 July 2014 In March 2006, two of the applicants…
Georgia v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses Politically motivated cases Georgia Russia Case Summary
Case No. 13255/07 Judgment Date: 3 July 2014 In 2007 Georgia filed a case in the…
Ilgar Mammadov v Azerbaijan
Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 15172/13 Judgment date: 22 May 2014 In late January 2013, riots broke out in…
Perevedentsevy v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 39583/05 Judgment Date: 24 April 2014 The applicants were the parents of Mikhail…
Gamtsemlidze v Georgia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 2228/10 Decision Date: 1 April 2014 In May 2008, two police officers began pursuing…
Dzhabrailov and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 8620/09 and 47770/09 Judgment Date: 27 February 2014 The ECtHR joined nine applications together.…
Pitsayeva and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 53036/08 et al Judgment date: 9 January 2014 Facts These 20 cases relate to complaints made…
Dobriyeva and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 18407/10 Judgment date: 19 December 2013 The four applicants were relatives of an…
Alekhina and Others v Russia
Repression of civil society Violence against women and girls Russia Case Summary
Case No. 38004/12 The applicants were initially represented by Mr M. Feygin, Mr N. Polozov…
Chilayev and Dzhabayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 27926/06 Judgment date: 31 October 2013 This case originated in four applications brought by…
Janowiec and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 55508/07 and 29520/09 Judgment date: 21 October 2013 The case originated from two…
Elikhanova v Russia; Yandiyev v Russia; Bersanova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Cases No. 34541/06, 43811/06 and 1578/07 Judgment date: 10 October 2013 These were three applications…
I v Sweden
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Case Summary
Case No. 61204/09 Judgment date: 05 September 2013 The applicants were represented before the Court…
The implications of Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Legal Guide
Protocol 15 provides for five amendments to the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention).…
Youth Initiative for Human Rights v Serbia
Repression of civil society Other Case Summary
Case No. 48135/06 Judgment date: 25 June 2013 The applicant was represented by Ms T.…
Turluyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Application No. 63638/09 Judgment Date: 20 June 2013 In October 2009 the applicant’s son disappeared after…
Eremia v the Republic of Moldova
Violence against women and girls Case Summary
Case No. 3564/11 Judgment date: 28 May 2013 The applicants were represented by Ms D.I.…
Ageyevy v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7075/10 Judgment date: 18 April 2013 The applicants were a husband and wife,…
Askhabova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 54765/09 Judgment date: 18 April 2013 The applicant, Tamara Askhabova, had five sons, two…
Korobov and Others v Estonia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Baltic States Case Summary
Case No. 10195/08 Judgment date: 28 March 2013 The case was brought by seven applicants,…
Kasymakhunov and Saybatalov v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 26261/05 and 26377/06 Judgment date: 14 March 2013 Facts The applicants are Yusup Kasymakhunov,…
Avkhadova and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 47215/07 Judgment date: 14 March 2013 The applicants are the mother and sisters…
Suleymanov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 32501/11 Judgment date: 22 January 2013 The applicant was the father of Tamerlane…
Okroshidze v Georgia
Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 60596/09 Date of decision: 11 December 2012 On 11 December 2012, the European Court…
Asadbeyli and Others v Azerbaijan
Politically motivated cases Repression of civil society Azerbaijan Case Summary
Cases No. 3653/05, 14729/05, 20908/05, 26242/05, 36083/05 and 16519/06 Judgment date: 11 December 2012 The…
X v Turkey
Discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people Other Case Summary
Case No. 67524626/09 Judgment date: 9 October 2012 The applicant was represented before the Court…
Virabyan v Armenia
Repression of civil society Armenia Case Summary
Case No. 40094/05 Judgment date: 2 October 2012 The applicant was represented by Ms L.…
Umarovy v Russia and Shafiyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Cases No. 25654/08 and 49379/09 Judgments dates: 3 May 2012 and 31 July 2012  The…
Berladir and Other v Russia
Repression of civil society Russia Case Summary
Case No. 34202/06 Judgment date: 10 July 2012 The applicants were ten Russian nationals who intended…
Yudina v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 52327/08 Judgment date: 10 July 2012 The applicant alleged that on the evening of…
Damayev v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 36150/04 Judgment date: 29 May 2012 Facts The applicant alleged that on 8…
Kotov v Russia
Right to protection of property Russia Case Summary
Case No. 54522/00 Judgment date: 3 April 2012 In August 1994, a commercial bank was unable…
Finogenov and others v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses Russia Case Summary
Case No. 18299/03 and 27311/03 Judgment date: 20 December 2011 The applicants in the first…
Yakubov v Russia and Ergashev v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7265/10 Judgment date: 8 November 2011 and Case No. 12106/09 Judgment date: 20…
Admissibility decision in Sargsyan v Azerbaijan
Conflict and occupation abuses Azerbaijan Case Summary
Case No. 40167/06 The applicant, Minas Sargsyan, was an Armenian refugee forced to flee from his home…
OAO Neftyanaya Kompaniya Yukos v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 14902/04 Judgment date: 20 September 2011 The applicant was represented by Mr P.…
Velkhiyev and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 34085/06 Judgment date: 5 July 2011 The applicants were Mr Bekhan Velkhiyev and the…
Isayev and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Case Summary
Case No. 43368/04 Judgment date: 21 June 2011 Facts The applicants are relatives of Zelimkhan…
Khodorkovskiy v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No 5829/04 Judgment date: 31/05/11 The applicant, formerly the richest person in Russia, was…
Maayevy v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7964/07 Judgment date: 24 May 2011 Facts The applicants’ son was abducted and…
Malika Alikhadzhiyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No 37193/08 Judgment date: 24 May 2011 Facts The applicant’s husband, Ruslanbek Alikhadzhiyev (brother of…
Enukidze and Girgvliani v Georgia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 25091/07 Judgment date: 26/04/11 In the early morning of 28 January 2006 the…
Matayeva and Dadayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 49076/06 Judgment date: 19 April 2011 Facts The first applicant is the wife…
Esmukhambetov and others v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 23445/03 Judgment date: 29 March 2011 Facts The applicants are 27 Russian nationals…
Tsechoyev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 39358/05 Judgment date: 15 March 2011 Facts The applicant’s brother had been detained,…
Kiyutin v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 2700/10 Judgment date: 10/03/11 The applicant, Viktor Kiyutin, is an Uzbek national. He…
Elmuratov v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 66317/09 Judgment date: 3 March 2011 Facts The applicant, an Uzbek national, arrived…
Khambulatova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 33488/04 Judgment date: 3 March 2011 Facts The applicant’s son was arrested by…
Tsintsabadze v Georgia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 35403/06 Judgement date: 15 February 2011 The applicant’s son, Zurab Tsintsabadze, was serving a…
Karpachevy v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 34861/04 Judgment date: 27 January 2011 The applicants were mother and son and lived…
Gisayev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 14811/04 Judgment date: 20 January 2011 The applicant complained that he was kidnapped from…
Abuyeva and Others v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 27065/05 Judgment date: 2 December 2010 The 29 applicants were residents of Katyr-Yurt, Chechnya,…
Amuyeva v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 17321/06 Judgment date: 25 November 2010 The applicants lived in the village of Gekhi-Chu,…
Alekseev v Russia
Discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people Russia Case Summary
Case No. 4916/07; 25924/08 and 14500/09 Judgment date: 21 October 2010 Mr. Nikolai Alekseev is a…
Sultanov v Russia
Russia
Case No. 15303/09 Judgment date: 04 November 2010 The applicant, Mr Nabi Sultanov, an Uzbek national,…
Konstantin Markin v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 30078/06 Judgment date: 07/10/10 The applicant is a Russian national and military serviceman.…
Kurich v Slovenia
Right to private and family life Other Case Summary
Case No. 26828/06 Judgment date: 13/07/10 Before 25 June 1991, the day Slovenia declared independence,…
Lopata v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 72250/01 Judgment date: 13 July 2010 Lopata alleged he was beaten by police…
Yuldashev v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 181248/09 Judgment date: 8 July 2010 In Yuldashev the applicant fled to Russia fearing…
Korolev v Russia
Right to fair trial Russia Case Summary
Case No. 25551/05 Judgment date: 01/07/10 In July 2002, the applicant was awarded 22.50 RUB…
Ilyasova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 26966/06 Judgment date: 10 June 2010 Facts The applicant argued that her two…
Khutsayev and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 16622/05 Judgment date: 27 May 2010  Facts The applicants are ten Russian nationals…
Ciubotaru v Moldova
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Case No. 27138/04 Judgment date: 27/04/10 When the territory of Moldova became part of the…
Khatuyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 12463/05 Judgment date: 22 April 2010 Facts The applicant’s husband was detained by…
Sadulayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 38570/05 Judgment date: 8 April 2010 Facts The applicant’s son disappeared on 9…
Abayeva and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 37542/05 Judgment date: 8 April 2010 In all these cases the applicants’ relatives disappeared…
Mutsolgova and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 2952/06 Judgment date: 1 April 2010 Facts The applicants are five Russian nationals –…
Gultyayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 67413/01 Judgment date: 1 April 2010 Following an external audit of the Department of…
Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v UK
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Conflict and occupation abuses UK Case Summary
Case No. 61498/08 Judgment date: 02/03/10 The applicants are Iraqi nationals who were suspected of…
Demopoulos & others v Turkey
Conflict and occupation abuses Other Case Summary
Case Nos. 46113/99, 3843/02, 13751/02, 13466/03, 10200/04, 14163/04, 19993/04 & 21819/04 Decision date: 01/03/10 Eight…
Dubayev and Bersnukayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 30613/05 and 30615/05 Judgment date: 11 February 2010 Facts The applicants’ sons were…
Zakayev and Safanova v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 11870/03 Judgment date: 11 February 2010 The first applicant, a Kazakh national of Chechen…
Kayankin v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 24427/02 Judgment date: 11 February 2010 Facts This case concerns the excessive length…
Klaus and Yuri Kiladze v Georgia
Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 7975/06 Judgment date: 2 February 2010  Facts The applicants’ father was executed in…
Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia
Prohibition of slavery and forced labour Other Russia Case Summary
Case No. 25965/04 Judgment date: 07/01/10 The applicant’s daughter, Ms. Rantseva, a 20-year-old Russian national,…
Isayev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 20756/04 Judgment date: 22 October 2009 The applicant was arrested on 6 March 2003,…
Varnava and others v Turkey
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Other Case Summary
Case Nos. 16064-66/90 & 16068- 73/90 Judgment date: 18/09/09 Applications were made in the names…
Tsarkov v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 16854/03 Judgment date: 16 July 2009 Facts On 20 September 2001 the applicant was…
Georgia v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses Politically motivated cases Georgia Russia Case Summary
Case No. 13255/07 Judgment date: 03/07/09 On 26 March 2007, the Georgian authorities lodged an…
Sukhov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 32805/03 Judgment date: 18 June 2009 On 21 July 1997, the applicant was arrested…
Magomadova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 2393/05 Judgment date: 18 June 2009 In Magomadova the applicant’s son was taken from…
Alaudinova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 32297/05 Judgment date: 23 April 2009 The applicant in this case is mother…
Khalitova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 39166/04 Judgment date: 5 March 2009 Facts On 11 September, 2000 the applicant’s…
Ghavtadze v Georgia
Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 23204/07 Judgment date: 03/03/09 These cases concerned two prisoners serving sentences in Georgian…
Kudeshkina v Russia
Advocacy and implementation Russia Case Summary
Case No. 29492/05 Judgment date: 26/02/09 The applicant held judicial office at the Moscow City…
Eminbeyli v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 42443/02 Judgment date: 26/02/09 The applicant, a stateless person of Azeri origin, arrived…
Poghosyan v Georgia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 9870/07 Judgment date: 24/02/09 These cases concerned two prisoners serving sentences in Georgian…
Zolotukhin v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 14939/03 Judgment date: 10 February 2009 On 4 January 2002, the applicant was taken…
Ramishvili & Kokhreidze v Georgia
Politically motivated cases Repression of civil society Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 1704/06 Judgment date: 27/01/09 Ramishvili and Kokhreidze were co-founders and shareholders of a…
Medova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 25385/04 Judgment date: 15 January 2009 In June 2004, the applicant’s husband was apprehended (together…
Burdov v Russia
Environment Russia Case Summary
Case No. 33509/04 Judgment date: 15/01/09 The applicant was called up to take part in…
Abdulkadyrova and Others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 27180/03 Judgment date: 8 January 2009 Facts The applicants are the wife (first…
Aleksanyan v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 46468/06 Judgment date: 22/12/08 The applicant was a lawyer representing Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the…
Bersunkayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No.27233/03 Judgment date: 4 December 2008 Facts The applicant claimed that on 13 June…
Umayeva v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 1200/03 Judgment date: 4 December 2008 Facts On 23 January 2000, the applicant…
Kirakosyan (+ 2 others) v Armenia
Politically motivated cases Armenia Case Summary
Case Nos. 31237/03, 22390/05 & 41698/04 Judgment date: 02/12/08 In February and March 2003 presidential…
Albekov and others v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 68216/01 Judgment date: 9 October 2008 The three applicants are Russian nationals and residents…
Itslayev v Russia
Advocacy and implementation Russia Case Summary
Case No. 34631/02 Judgment date: 9 October 2008 Facts The applicant, Dokka Itslayev, was appointed…
Lyanova and Aliyeva v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 12713/02 and 28440/03 Judgment date: 2 October 2008 Facts The applicants are mothers…
Mezhidov v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 67326/01 Judgment date: 25 September 2008 Facts On 5 October 1999, the applicant’s…
Mutsayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 24297/05 Judgment date: 23 July 2009 Facts The applicant’s son was apprehended in…
Musayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 12703/02 Judgment date: 3 July 2008 Facts The applicant is the mother of Yakub…
Ruslan Umarov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 12712/02 Judgment date: 3 July 2008 Facts In the early hours of 27…
Ryabikin v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 8320/04 Judgment date: 19 June 2008 The applicant is a citizen of Turkmenistan and…
Betayev and Betayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 37315/03 Judgment date: 29 May 2008 Facts The applicants, husband and wife, complained…
Gusev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 67542/01 Judgment date: 15 May 2008 On 2 February 2000, the applicant was convicted…
Kaplanova v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7653/02 Judgment date: 29 April 2008  Facts The case concerned Ms Kaplanova’s allegation…
Koretskyy & others v Ukraine
Repression of civil society Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 40269/02 Judgment date: 03/04/08 The applicants were four Ukrainian nationals resident in Kiev.…
Budayeva and others v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 15339/02, 21166/02, 20058/02, 11673/02 & 15343/02 Judgment date: 20/03/08 The six applicants lived…
Guja v Moldova
Advocacy and implementation Politically motivated cases Case Summary
Case No. 14277/04 Judgment date: 12/02/08 The applicant was the Head of the Press Department…
Kovach v Ukraine
Politically motivated cases Ukraine Case Summary
Case No. 39424/02 Judgment date: 07/02/08 The applicant was a Ukrainian national living in Uzhgorod…
Ramanauskas v Lithuania
Advocacy and implementation Other Case Summary
Case No.74420/01 Judgment date: 05/02/08 The applicant, Mr Kęstas Ramanauskas worked as a prosecutor. In…
EHRAC Witness Statement Preparation Guide
Legal Guide
The European Court of Human Rights deals with the majority of cases on paper without…
Tangiyeva v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 57935/00 Judgment date: 29 November 2007 Facts The applicant and her family were…
Kukayev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 29361/02 Judgment date: 15 November 2007 Facts The applicant’s son was a policeman in…
Patsuria v Georgia
Right to liberty and security Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 30779/04 Judgment date: 6/11/07 The applicant, Gia Patsuria, a Georgian national, was born…
Goncharuk v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 58643/00 Judgment date: 4 October 2007  Facts On 19 January 2000 Ms Goncharuk…
Makhauri v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 58701/00 Judgment date: 4 October 2007  Facts The applicant was the victim of…
Dzhavadov v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 30160/04 Judgment date: 27/9/07 In July 2003 the applicant, a resident of Belgorod,…
Musayev and Others v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 57941/00, 58699/00 and 60403/00 Judgment date: 26 July 2007 Facts The case was…
Magomadov and Magomadov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 68004/01 Judgment date: 12 July 2007 Facts The case concerns the detention and…
Alikhadzhiyeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 68007/01 Judgment date: 5 July 2007 Facts This case concerns the “disappearance” of…
Ayubov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7654/02 Judgment date: 12 February 2009 Facts Due to the hostilities in the…
Bitiyeva and X v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Repression of civil society North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 57953/00 & 37392/03 Judgment date: 21 June 2007 Facts The first applicant, Zura…
Chitayev & Chitayev v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 59334/00 Judgment Date: 18/01/2007 According to the applicants (two brothers), on 15 January…
Ledyaeva, Dobrokhotova, Zolotaryeva & Romashina v Russia
Environment Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 53157/99, 53247/99, 56850/00 and 53695/00 Judgment date: 26 September 2006 Facts The applicants…
Bazorkina v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 69481/01 Judgment date: 27 July 2006  The applicants were represented by the Stichting Russian…
Russian language guide to European Court litigation
Legal Guide
This manual is a practical reference work to European Court litigation with a particular focus…
Timishev v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 55762/00 and 55974/00 Judgment date: 13/12/2005 The applicant was an ethnic Chechen and…
Novoselov v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 66460/01 Judgment date: 2 June 2005 Facts On 5 November 1998 the applicant…
Volkova v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 48758/99 Judgment date: 5 April 2005 Facts In August 1995 the applicant and…
The first six Chechen cases
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Legal Guide
This book is a Russian translation of the judgments in the first six Chechen cases…
Isayeva, Yusupova and Bazayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 57947/00, 57948/00, 57949/00 Judgment date: 24 February 2005  Facts The three applicants were…
Isayeva v Russia
Conflict and occupation abuses North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case No. 57950/00 Judgment date: 24 February 2005 Facts The application concerned the indiscriminate bombing…
Khashiyev and Akayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement North Caucasus Russia Case Summary
Case Nos. 57942/00 and 57945/00 Judgment date: 24 February 2005  Facts The applicants complained about…
Imakayeva v Russia
Abuses by security forces and law enforcement Russia Case Summary
Case No. 7615/02 Decision Date: 20/1/2005 According to the applicant, on 17th December 2000, Said-…
Klyakhin v Russia
Russia Case Summary
Case No. 46082/99 Judgment date: 30 November 2004 The applicant was arrested on suspicion of involvement…
Broniowski v Poland
Other Case Summary
Case No. 31443/96 Judgment Date: 22/6/2004 The applicant’s grandmother owned land in an area formerly…
Gusinskiy v Russia
Politically motivated cases Russia Case Summary
Case No. 70276/01 Judgment Date: 19/05/2004 The applicant was the former Chairman of the Board…
Assanidze v Georgia
Advocacy and implementation Politically motivated cases Georgia Case Summary
Case No. 71503/01 Judgment date: 8 April 2004 The applicants were represented by lawyers from…