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EHRAC and HRW intervene in Chechnya LGBTI+ crackdown case
EHRAC and Human Rights Watch have filed a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that a case concerning the alleged abduction and torture of a gay man during a crackdown on LGBTI+ people in Chechnya.
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UN women’s rights body concludes “satisfactory implementation” of first ever international decision on domestic violence in Georgia
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (“CEDAW”) has officially confirmed the “satisfactory implementation” of its recommendations to the Georgian Government in the first ever case on domestic violence in the country to be decided by an international body.
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EHRAC deplores attack against human rights lawyer and journalist in Grozny
EHRAC is shocked and saddened to receive the horrific news of the brutal assault on Marina Dubrovina and Elena Milashina in Grozny last week.
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EHRAC convenes expert roundtable on sexual violence against women in the former Soviet Union
On 19-20 November 2019, EHRAC convened an expert roundtable on litigating sexual violence against women, bringing together ten lawyers and activists experienced in tackling the issue in our target region.
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EHRAC is looking for an interim Head of Programmes!
We are looking for a 12 month maternity cover to join our team as Head of Programmes.
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Internet restrictions in Azerbaijan: Yale students conduct research for website blocking case
Students from Yale Law School have collaborated with EHRAC on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan for publishing allegedly prohibited material.
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2018
From 5 to 8 March 2018, twelve lawyers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (or LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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EHRAC in Ukraine: Training for human rights lawyers
In February 2018, we delivered a skills-based training for Ukrainian lawyers, providing practical tools and advice for use in European Court litigation.
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NGOs: Draft Copenhagen Declaration risks undermining the independence and authority of the European Court, and the universality of human rights
EHRAC and a consortium of other NGOs issued a statement expressing serious concerns about the draft Copenhagen Declaration on the future of the ECHR system.
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Victim participation at the ICC: the Georgian and Ukrainian contexts
The last ten years have seen Russian military incursions into Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, and Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine. In January 2018 we invited 12 participants to a webinar with Fiona McKay, the former Head of the Victim Participation and Reparations Section of the ICC.