Content tagged with Ukraine
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Resource | Article | 16 Nov 2020 | By Toby Collis
Note on International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) report/roundtable on the state of the independence of the legal profession in Ukraine
The situation of the security and independence of lawyers in Ukraine, and the obstacles to represent clients on human rights claims, presents the sadly not uncommon disjuncture between high standards on paper, and serious concerns in reality.
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Parents accuse Ukraine of negligence after 10-year-old son’s death
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) required Ukraine to respond to a case concerning the death of a 10-year-old boy on a railway track in the city of Irpin, which the boy’s parents argue resulted from the negligence of the state railway authorities.
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Resource | Case Summary | 13 Jan 2020
Polyakh and others v Ukraine
Five career civil servants dismissed under Ukraine's Government Cleansing (Lustration) Act 2014 had their right to private and family life breached.
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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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EHRAC relies on digital evidence gathered using machine learning in a case on Russian military presence in eastern Ukraine before the European Court of Human Rights
EHRAC commissioned Forensic Architecture to gather and present evidence of Russian military presence in and around Ilovaisk in August 2014.
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The annexation of Crimea: Continuing interference with rights guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights
This Blog focuses on situations amounting to a continuing interference with specific ECHR rights in Crimea following Russia's annexation.
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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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Resource | Case Summary | 25 Sep 2018 | By Emil Sahakyan
Denisov v Ukraine
The European Court ruled that the dismissal of Anatoliy Denisov, a Kyiv judge and court president, was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Resource | 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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Grand Chamber finds President of Ukrainian Court was unfairly dismissed
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the dismissal of Anatoliy Denisov, a Kyiv judge and court president, was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.