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Article | 19 Dec 2018 | By Olena Shevchenko
Standing up in the face of discrimination and hate crime
Olena Shevchenko (Insight, Ukraine) explains the difficulties she has faced in the last year as one of the most high-profile activists on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in Ukraine, particularly following the International Women’s Day march in Kyiv on 8 March.
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Article | 25 Jul 2018 | By Joyce Man
Positive developments in Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect
In Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: the Strasbourg Effect (Lauri Mälksoo and Wolfgang Benedek (eds.)), the authors explore the various ways in which the European Court has had a beneficial impact in Russia, summarised in our leading article by former intern Joyce Man.
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Article | 25 Jul 2018 | By Cornelia Klocker
Collective punishment in Chechnya
Cornelia Klocker (PhD Candidate, Birkbeck, University of London) examines the concept and practice of collective punishment in this context, and raises the question of whether it is time for the Council of Europe to act in the wake of yet another spate of reprisals against vilified groups in Chechnya.
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Article | 25 Jul 2018 | By Emin Abbasov
What now for lawyers in Azerbaijan?
Turning to domestic matters, Emin Abbasov, one of only a handful of human rights lawyers who dares to practise in Azerbaijan following a tightening of restrictions on the legal profession, asks what lies ahead for the Azerbaijani legal profession in light of the most recent package of repressive legislative reforms.
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Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Joyce Man
Russia dials up phone surveillance, overshadowing improvements in the region
In the Soviet era, wiretapping extended State's watchful gaze into the private lives of many. Despite reform surveillance remains commonplace in the region.
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Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Rebecca Shaeffer
Fair trial rights without the trials?
Rebecca Shaeffer details plea bargaining systems in Russia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus, and the problems they pose for the guarantee of a fair trial.
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Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Gema Fernández Rodríguez de Liévana
The CEDAW Committee’s General Recommendation 35
Gema Fernández analyses General Recommendation 35 from the UN CEDAW Committee, and analyses its vision for a world free from gender-based violence.
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Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Sergei Zayets
Enforced citizenship and human rights in Crimea
Following the Russian occupation of the Crimea, the authorities have naturalised Crimeans en masse to entrench themselves in the occupied territory.
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Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Laurent Pech
Rule of Law Backsliding in the EU
Professor Laurent Pech examines how ‘capturing the courts’ is a key component of backsliding of the rule of law, which could lead to authoritarian rule.
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Article | 27 Jun 2017 | By Jessica Gavron
By decriminalising domestic violence Russia takes a step backwards
Jessica Gavron (EHRAC Legal Director) explains why domestic violence should be treated differently from stranger violence.