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Case commentary on INTERIGHTS v Croatia
21st June 2010
Brigit Toebes, (PhD, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (1999), Honorary Lecturer, the University of Aberdeen), currently based as an independent researcher and consultant in Copenhagen, Denmark, has written a comment on INTERIGHTS v Croatia, a decision by the European Committee of Social Rights.
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21st June 2010
Brigit Toebes, (PhD, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (1999), Honorary Lecturer, the University of Aberdeen), currently based as an independent researcher and consultant in Copenhagen, Denmark, has written a comment on INTERIGHTS v Croatia, a decision by the European Committee of Social Rights.
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Right to Education Meeting, Cape Town March 2010
19th May 2010
INTERIGHTS held a consultative meeting on litigating the right to education in Africa in Cape Town from 23 to 25 March 2010. The objective of the meeting was to discuss litigation priorities with national and international practitioners on the right to education in Africa, and measures that can be taken to encourage and assist litigation at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels in Africa. The meeting was attended by fifteen national, regional and international experts and activists. The meeting discussed litigation priorities and challenges, and measures that can be taken to encourage and assist litigation at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels in Africa. The discussion covered a wide range of issues that are impeding the enjoyment of the right to education and opportunities for targeted litigation. In particular there are opportunities to hold governments accountable for their widespread failure to ensure that all children enjoy good quality education.
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19th May 2010
INTERIGHTS held a consultative meeting on litigating the right to education in Africa in Cape Town from 23 to 25 March 2010. The objective of the meeting was to discuss litigation priorities with national and international practitioners on the right to education in Africa, and measures that can be taken to encourage and assist litigation at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels in Africa. The meeting was attended by fifteen national, regional and international experts and activists. The meeting discussed litigation priorities and challenges, and measures that can be taken to encourage and assist litigation at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels in Africa. The discussion covered a wide range of issues that are impeding the enjoyment of the right to education and opportunities for targeted litigation. In particular there are opportunities to hold governments accountable for their widespread failure to ensure that all children enjoy good quality education.
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Workshop: Counter-terrorism strategies, human rights and international law: meeting the challenges
25th March 2010
INTERIGHTS’ Litigation Director Helen Duffy was one of a group of experts on international terrorism and international law who participated in a series of workshops sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Leiden University which took place in the Hague from 30 March-1 April. The workshops were the final part of a three stage process aimed at clarifying international law, identifying areas of uncertainty or challenge, and making recommendations for addressing international terrorism through a rule of law framework. She co-chaired the workshop on terrorism, human rights and humanitarian law, adding the perspective of someone from a human rights NGO to that of the other experts from academia, the military and the ICRC. The workshops culminated in the presentation of the group’s recommendations to the Dutch Foreign Minister in a conference at the Peace Palace in the Hague on 1 April 2010.
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25th March 2010
INTERIGHTS’ Litigation Director Helen Duffy was one of a group of experts on international terrorism and international law who participated in a series of workshops sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Leiden University which took place in the Hague from 30 March-1 April. The workshops were the final part of a three stage process aimed at clarifying international law, identifying areas of uncertainty or challenge, and making recommendations for addressing international terrorism through a rule of law framework. She co-chaired the workshop on terrorism, human rights and humanitarian law, adding the perspective of someone from a human rights NGO to that of the other experts from academia, the military and the ICRC. The workshops culminated in the presentation of the group’s recommendations to the Dutch Foreign Minister in a conference at the Peace Palace in the Hague on 1 April 2010.
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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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33 Islington High Street
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Fax: +44 (0)20 7278 4334
Email: ir@interights.org
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