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Interlaken Declaration from the High Level Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights, 19 February 2010
19th February 2010
During the final part of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, INTERIGHTS, together with other partner organisations, played an active part in the process of preparation for the Ministerial Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights, which took place in Interlaken, Switzerland on 18-19 February 2010. The meeting was concluded with the adoption of a joint Declaration setting out an action plan for the reform of the Court and a timetable for implementing the action plan.
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19th February 2010
During the final part of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, INTERIGHTS, together with other partner organisations, played an active part in the process of preparation for the Ministerial Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights, which took place in Interlaken, Switzerland on 18-19 February 2010. The meeting was concluded with the adoption of a joint Declaration setting out an action plan for the reform of the Court and a timetable for implementing the action plan.
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Joint statement on the undue delay in the consideration of communications by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
18th May 2009
At the 45th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights (ZLHR), INTERIGHTS, The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) issued on a joint statement on the undue delay in the consideration of communications by the Commission
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18th May 2009
At the 45th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights (ZLHR), INTERIGHTS, The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) issued on a joint statement on the undue delay in the consideration of communications by the Commission
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Hadijatou Mani v Niger
21st April 2009
Helen Duffy, Litigation Director at INTERIGHTS, has an article published in the Human Rights Law Review (Volume 9 Number 1 2009), entitled 'Hadijatou Mani Koroua v Niger: Slavery Unveiled by the ECOWAS Court'.
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21st April 2009
Helen Duffy, Litigation Director at INTERIGHTS, has an article published in the Human Rights Law Review (Volume 9 Number 1 2009), entitled 'Hadijatou Mani Koroua v Niger: Slavery Unveiled by the ECOWAS Court'.
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African Union adopts Protocol on the Merged African Court
1st July 2008
At the July 2008 African Union Summit, Justice Ministers formally adopted a single legal instrument to create an African Court of Justice and Human Rights. The ‘Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights’ (the single Protocol) resulted from the merger of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union. The single Protocol replaces the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted in 1998 (the old Protocol), and the Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union which was adopted in 2003.
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1st July 2008
At the July 2008 African Union Summit, Justice Ministers formally adopted a single legal instrument to create an African Court of Justice and Human Rights. The ‘Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights’ (the single Protocol) resulted from the merger of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union. The single Protocol replaces the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted in 1998 (the old Protocol), and the Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union which was adopted in 2003.
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Plainte contre l’Etat du Niger pour faits d’esclavage un procès
sans précédent
7th April 2008
Par une procédure qui fera jurisprudence, une ancienne esclave poursuit l’État du Niger devant la Cour de Justice de la Communauté économique des États d’Afrique Occidentale (ECOWAS). L’affaire sera plaidée le 7 avril 2008, au motif que le Niger n’a pas fait le nécessaire pour appliquer les lois contre l’esclavage. (...)
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7th April 2008
Par une procédure qui fera jurisprudence, une ancienne esclave poursuit l’État du Niger devant la Cour de Justice de la Communauté économique des États d’Afrique Occidentale (ECOWAS). L’affaire sera plaidée le 7 avril 2008, au motif que le Niger n’a pas fait le nécessaire pour appliquer les lois contre l’esclavage. (...)
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Greece's ongoing violations of Roma rights: European Social Charter complaint documents mass forced evictions and failure to provide adequate
alternative accommodation
31st March 2008
Today, INTERIGHTS, in partnership with Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), filed a complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights against Greece detailing serious and widespread violations of the Roma community’s right to housing and related guarantees as protected by Article 16 of the Charter together with the safeguard against non-discrimination in the Preamble. (...)
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31st March 2008
Today, INTERIGHTS, in partnership with Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), filed a complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights against Greece detailing serious and widespread violations of the Roma community’s right to housing and related guarantees as protected by Article 16 of the Charter together with the safeguard against non-discrimination in the Preamble. (...)
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European Court of Human Rights Reaffirms Absolute Prohibition on Return to Torture
28th February 2008
The European Court of Human Rights today reaffirmed that the ban on deporting people to countries where they are at risk of torture or ill-treatment is absolute and unconditional. The judgment in Saadi v Italy is being hailed as a major reassertion of the importance of the rule of law by 11 international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, the Association for the Prevention of Torture, the AIRE Centre, Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, the International Commission of Jurists, justice, the Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture, Open Society Justice Initiative, REDRESS, and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) (...)
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28th February 2008
The European Court of Human Rights today reaffirmed that the ban on deporting people to countries where they are at risk of torture or ill-treatment is absolute and unconditional. The judgment in Saadi v Italy is being hailed as a major reassertion of the importance of the rule of law by 11 international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, the Association for the Prevention of Torture, the AIRE Centre, Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, the International Commission of Jurists, justice, the Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture, Open Society Justice Initiative, REDRESS, and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) (...)
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European Court: Roma Children Denied Right to Education
14th November 2007
The European Court of Human Rights ruling that the Czech government engaged in indirect discrimination against Roma children is a major step forward in implementing the European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and INTERIGHTS said today.
The case of DH and Others v the Czech Republic concerns 18 Czech nationals of Roma origin who had all been assigned to special schools for children with learning difficulties following psychological tests designed to assess their intellectual capacity. The court ruled yesterday that their placement amounted to a discriminatory denial of the children’s right to education and as such violated the European Convention on Human Rights.
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14th November 2007
The European Court of Human Rights ruling that the Czech government engaged in indirect discrimination against Roma children is a major step forward in implementing the European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and INTERIGHTS said today.
The case of DH and Others v the Czech Republic concerns 18 Czech nationals of Roma origin who had all been assigned to special schools for children with learning difficulties following psychological tests designed to assess their intellectual capacity. The court ruled yesterday that their placement amounted to a discriminatory denial of the children’s right to education and as such violated the European Convention on Human Rights.
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European Court Reaffirms Right of Individual Petition
26th October 2007
On 23 October in the case of Colibaba v Moldova the European Court of Human Rights handed down a judgment reaffirming the right of individual petition to the Court. INTERIGHTS advised the applicant’s Moldovan counsel, Roman Zadoinov, on this aspect of the case.
In April 2006 Vitalie Colibaba was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by the Moldovan police, an incident which the Moldovan State failed to adequately investigate. Mr Colibaba subsequently brought his case to the attention of several international human rights organisations, and lodged an application with the European Court. Shortly thereafter, Moldova’s Prosecutor General wrote to the Moldovan Bar Association warning it of lawyers who were involving “international organisations specialising in the protection of human rights” in criminal cases for “personal interests” or to “avoid criminal responsibility of suspected persons”. The General Prosecutor named Mr Colibaba’s lawyer, Mr Zadoinov, and one other lawyer in the letter and went on to warn them of possible criminal sanctions.(...)
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26th October 2007
On 23 October in the case of Colibaba v Moldova the European Court of Human Rights handed down a judgment reaffirming the right of individual petition to the Court. INTERIGHTS advised the applicant’s Moldovan counsel, Roman Zadoinov, on this aspect of the case.
In April 2006 Vitalie Colibaba was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by the Moldovan police, an incident which the Moldovan State failed to adequately investigate. Mr Colibaba subsequently brought his case to the attention of several international human rights organisations, and lodged an application with the European Court. Shortly thereafter, Moldova’s Prosecutor General wrote to the Moldovan Bar Association warning it of lawyers who were involving “international organisations specialising in the protection of human rights” in criminal cases for “personal interests” or to “avoid criminal responsibility of suspected persons”. The General Prosecutor named Mr Colibaba’s lawyer, Mr Zadoinov, and one other lawyer in the letter and went on to warn them of possible criminal sanctions.(...)
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Croatia’s Flawed Sex Education Programme Comes under Fire in International Human Rights Case
10th October 2007
Today, a group of human rights organisations filed the first international legal challenge to a sex education programme. INTERIGHTS, in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Centre for Education, Counselling and Research (CESI), submitted the complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) against Croatia for its sponsorship of and efforts to expand a discriminatory and non-science based programme which promotes abstinence at the expense of other viable alternatives such as contraception. The groups argue that, in so doing, Croatia is endangering the health and lives of its young people through misleading and inadequate sex education and therefore, is in breach of its obligations under a major international human rights treaty, the European Social Charter(...)
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10th October 2007
Today, a group of human rights organisations filed the first international legal challenge to a sex education programme. INTERIGHTS, in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Centre for Education, Counselling and Research (CESI), submitted the complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) against Croatia for its sponsorship of and efforts to expand a discriminatory and non-science based programme which promotes abstinence at the expense of other viable alternatives such as contraception. The groups argue that, in so doing, Croatia is endangering the health and lives of its young people through misleading and inadequate sex education and therefore, is in breach of its obligations under a major international human rights treaty, the European Social Charter(...)
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