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INTERIGHTS provides leadership and support in the legal protection of human rights. We work to ensure that human rights standards are protected and promoted effectively in domestic courts and before regional and international bodies. 

Our three main working methods are providing expertise and support in strategic human rights litigation in priority thematic areas and other issues of particular regional significance; building legal capacity of lawyers and judges through targeted training in human rights law, internships and through collaborative litigation with local partners; and disseminating information that enhances the use of human rights law.

We work on economic and social rights, particularly the right to health and the right to education; equality, including women’s human rights, the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the rights of persons with disabilities; and security and the rule of law, including a focus on counter-terrorism and human rights.

We work regionally in Africa, Europe (with a focus on South Eastern, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, including the South Caucasus region) and the Middle East and North Africa.

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Catan & Ors v Moldova & Russia

On 25 January 2012, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights conducted a hearing in the case of Catan & Ors v Moldova & Russia, concerning violations of the rights to education, private life and freedom from discrimination of children, parents and teachers in the territory of Transdniestria.

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Criminal Trial of Judge Baltasar Garzón

The criminal trial of Judge Baltasar Garzón, for authorising an investigation into the crimes of Spain's Franco-era, began in Madrid on 24 January 2012. The prosecution of Judge Garzón violates the state's international obligations, and gave rise to a case presented on his behalf by INTERIGHTS to the European Court of Human Rights in March 2011.

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Finogenov & Ors v Russia

Strasbourg 20 December 2011: The European Court of Human Rights found that Russia failed to adequately plan and conduct the rescue of the victims of the ‘Nord Ost’ hostage crisis in October 2002. Russia was also found at fault for subsequently failing to conduct an effective investigation into the rescue operation. Together with the International Commission of Jurists, we submitted an amicus intervention in the case.

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