NEW YORK—The Open Society Justice Initiative is one of the world’s leading international human rights litigation groups, having been involved in over 70 human rights cases before international and national courts around the world.
This year, as part of our efforts to promote effective litigation as a tool for strengthening human rights, we have produced a series of briefing papers and case summaries focused on the work of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
This series includes the following:
1) An update on the application of the "significant disadvantage" citerion introduced by the court in 2010 to reduce its case load.
2) Summaries of 26 ECHR judgments awaiting effective implementation, as presented by civil society groups to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
3) Summaries of 31 cases in which the court set out specific remedies for governments to enact, under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
4) Summaries of 49 recent decisions relating to the prohibition of torture and degrading treatment (Article 3) within the Russian Federation.
5) A digest of state violence cases relating to the right to life (Article 2) and the prohibition of torture and degrading treatment (Article 3)—excluding detention cases—delivered between January 2013 and October 2014.
6) Summaries of 17 abuse of detainees cases relating to the right to life (Article 2) and the prohibition of torture and degrading treatment (Article 3), also delivered between January 2013 and October 2014.
In addition, on our website you can also find:
Case Watch: This continuing series now includes over 100 summaries of significant human rights rulings from tribunals around the world, written by legal staffers at the Open Society Justice Initiative. We regularly add new commentaries.
Case Digests: We have produced over 30 comprehensive briefing papers summarizing and providing links to rulings and decisions emanating from sessions of regional and international human rights tribunals. These include the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, as well as most recently the ECOWAS Community Court and the East African Court.
Law Talks: A series of six downloadable online talk on strategic human rights litigation, covering arrest rights, statelessness, freedom of information, torture and discrimination, as well an overview from our executive director, James A. Goldston.
Legal Toolkit on European Arrest Rights: A template brief (available in 8 European languages) and related case summaries, to support litigation that seeks to bring domestic justice systems and practice in line with international legal standards.
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