Content tagged with Strasbourg
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Resource | Interview | 22 Oct 2019
Interview with Tamar Oniani, GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer and Legal Skills Development Programme 2019 Participant
EHRAC spoke to one of the 2019 Legal Skills Development Programme participants , GYLA Strategic Litigation Lawyer Tamar Oniani, about her experience in Strasbourg.
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Damages for pain and suffering before the European Court of Human Rights
Dr. Veronika Fikfak explores how the European Court awards non-pecuniary damages in judgments finding violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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‘Fluid and evolving’: The European Court of Human Rights’ approach to specifying remedies
How far does—or should—the European Court of Human Rights recommend, or require, states to take specific non-monetary measures after the finding of a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights?
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The detention of Selahattin Demirtaş and the situation of opposition politicians in Turkey
In November 2018, the European Court released its judgment on the pre-trial detention of Selahattin Demirtaş finding a violation of Article 18 ECHR with Article 5, and adding to the already significant pressure on Turkey to protect human rights and to guarantee political pluralism.
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Resource | Report | 25 Jul 2018 | By Christian De Vos & Roisin Pillay
Law and Practice in the Selection of Human Rights Judges and Commissioners
Christian De Vos (OSJI) and Roisin Pillay (ICJ) analyse law and practice in the selection of human rights judges for international human rights mechanisms (including the Strasbourg Court), noting the general lack of criteria in place to guide the nomination of qualified, merit-based candidates at the national level.
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Resource | Report | 25 Jul 2018 | By Harriet Bland
Protocol 16 to the ECHR
On 1 August 2018, Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) enters into force in ten Council of Europe member states, including Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine.
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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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Resource | Training resource | 26 Feb 2018 | By Ramute Remezaite and Jack Dahlsen
Explainer: Council of Europe Infringement Proceedings against Azerbaijan
EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and Intern Jack Dahlsen explain what infringement proceedings are, and why it is significant that they have been initiated against Azerbaijan.
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Joint NGO Statement following the Danish Chairmanship’s High-Level Expert Conference
EHRAC and 4 NGOs have made a joint statement on the November 2017 conference "2019 and Beyond: Taking Stock and Moving Forward from the Interlaken Process".
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Resource | Report | 27 Jun 2017 | By Ann-Katrin Speck
Strasbourg in 2016: figures and case law trends
The statistics appear to mirror, both in terms of figures and thematic case law trends, the political turbulence that shook Europe last year – one need only think of the attempted coup d’état in Turkey, which led the country to declare a state of emergency and derogate from the ECHR.