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Strategic litigation is a major focus of our work. It involves identifying and pursuing cases on critical human rights issues which if successful are likely to have a high impact at the national, regional or international level. Successful litigation can establish important legal precedents or effect changes in legislation, policy or practice. It can also positively influence public opinion.
A decision whether to work on an individual case is taken after considering established case selection criteria. In addition to reviewing the potential impact of a piece of litigation, we assess our own resources and expertise in order to determine if we can bring real added value to the case. And given that there are number of a differing ways in which we can support a case from simply providing advice, to co-representing applicants in partnership with local lawyers or intervening on issues of public interest as a third party or amicus curiae we also need to review how best we can become involved.
Sometimes there are potential negative effects to consider.How likely are we to win a case? What would the impact be of a negative decision? Could a successful decision have negative consequences, for example by causing a public backlash against the very people we are acting to defend?
Below you will find information on cases which INTERIGHTS has been involved with. The cases are listed by the year in which we began our work on them: cases are listed from 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004.
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Qablan and others v Commander of the Military Forces in the Occupied Territories
Supreme Court of Israel: Movement, family, children, discrimination
KAOS GL v Turkey
European Court of Human Rights; Discrimination, expression, sexual orientation
Farcas v Romania
European Court of Human Rights; Disability, fair hearing, positive obligations
Jones v UK, Mitchell & Ors v UK
European Court of Human Rights; Torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, state immunity, remedies
Vejdeland v Sweden
European Court of Human Rights; Expression, sexual orientation
Kebede & Another v Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Rule of law, judicial independence, right to property
Orsus v Croatia
European Court of Human Rights; Education
Baysakov and Others v Ukraine
European Court of Human Rights; Extradition, fair Hearing, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
Câmpeanu v Romania
European Court of Human Rights; Disability, right to life, health
DD v Lithuania
European Court of Human Rights; Disability, access to justice
Malacu and others v Romania (the Poiana Mare Hospital case)
European Court of Human Rights; Disability, health, inhuman and degrading treatment, right to life
Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli and others v Republic of South Africa
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes; Equality, development
Izevbekhai v Ireland
European Court of Human Rights; Cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment. equality, torture. movement (relocation)
Catan and 27 Others v Moldova and Russia, Caldare and 42 Others v Moldova and Russia and Cercavschi and 98 Others v Moldova and Russia
European Court of Human Rights; Discrimination, education, family life, privacy, remedies
Al-Skeini and Others v the United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights; Extra-territorial applicability of human rights law, life, effective remedy, cruel and inhuman treatment, torture
Garayev v Azerbaijan
European Court of Human Rights; Liberty and security, torture, extradition, remedies
Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia
European Court of Human Rights; Trafficking, positive obligations of states
Hadijatou Mani v Niger
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice; Slavery, equality, private life, marriage
INTERIGHTS v Greece
European Committee of Social Rights; Housing, discrimination, minorities
Mikayil Mammadov v Azerbaijan
European Court of Human Rights: right to life, investigation
Kajikabi & Others v The Arab Republic of Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Right to life, freedom from discrimination, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, right to assembly
Boumediene and Others v Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Court of Human Rights; Liberty and security, extraordinary rendition, cruel and inhuman treatment
DH and Others v Czech Republic
European Court of Human Rights; Education, children, equality
Good v Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Freedom of expression, due process
INTERIGHTS v Croatia
European Committee of Social Rights; Health, education, children, private life
Maskhadovy v the Russian Federation
European Court of Human Rights; Right to life, right to private and family life, freedom of religion
Opuz v Turkey
European Court of Human Rights; Right to life, degrading treatment, effective remedy, discrimination
R (on the application of Al Skeini and Others) v the Secretary of State for Defence
House of Lords, United Kingdom; Liberty and security, life, effective remedy, cruel and inhuman treatment, torture, extra-territorial applicability
Tysiac v Poland
European Court of Human Rights; Private life, family life, health, effective remedy, women
Jones v Saudi Arabia
House of Lords, United Kingdom; Torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, state immunity, remedies
INTERIGHTS and EIPR (on behalf of Sabah and Others) v Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, fair hearing, death penalty
INTERIGHTS and Ditshwanelo (on behalf of Oteng Modisane Ping) v Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Death penalty, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
ZLHR and SAHRIT v Zimbabwe
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; Shelter, health and education
Nachova & Others v Bulgaria
European Court of Human Rights; Discrimination
