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Equality/Citizenship (16) | Freedom of Information/Expression (9) | International Justice (2)


Equality/Citizenship

Makhashev and Others v. Russia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Discrimination, unlawful detention, torture and ill-treatment, lack of effective remedy Date of Justice Initiative action: November 11, 2007 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: 15 February 2008

Makuc and Others v. Slovenia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Discrimination and Arbitrary Deprivation of Legal Status/Citizenship Date of Justice Initiative action: August 30, 2007 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: 15 October 2007

Good v. Botswana
Description: Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Subject: Mistreatment of Non-Citizens Date of Justice Initiative Action: TBD URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: October 2007

Grigoryan and Others v. Russia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Racial discrimination in access to public goods and services Date of Justice Initiative Action: September 2005 - December 2005 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: September 2006

Rosalind Williams v. Spain
Description: Forum: United Nations Human Rights Committee Subject: Racial discrimination in access to public goods and services (racial profiling) Date of Justice Initiative Action: June 2006 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: September 2006

A and B v. Russia
Description: Forum: Court of Cassation, Kurgan Subject: Racial violence Date of Justice Initiative Action: November 2005 - present URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: August 2006

Yusuf Ali and Others v. Kenya
Description: Forum: African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights Subject: Racial discrimination in access to/denial of citizenship/nationality Date of Justice Initiative Action: January 2006 to present URL for case ... Read on
Date: August 2006

People v. Côte d'Ivoire
Description: Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Subject: Racial discrimination in access to/denial of citizenship/nationality Discrimination on the basis of citizenship/nationality in access to other rights Date of Justice ... Read on
Date: August 2006

Beauty Solomon v. Policia Nacional (Spain)
Description: Forum: Municipal Court of Mallorca Subject: Racial violence Date of Justice Initiative Action: August 2005 - present URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: August 2006

Bogdonavichus and Others v. Russia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Discrimination, Housing Evictions Date of Justice Initiative Action: Application filed in November 2006 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: July 2006

Ramzy v. The Netherlands
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Mistreatment of Non-Citizens Date of Justice Initiative Action: 2005 November - present URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: 29 November 2005

Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic
Description: Forum: Inter-American Court of Human Rights Subject: Racial Discrimination in access to/denial of citizenship/nationality; Discrimination on the basis of citizenship/nationality in access to other rights Date of Justice Initiative ... Read on
Date: April 2005

Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Racial Violence Date of Justice Initiative Action: November 2004 - July 2005 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: November 2004

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v. Republic of Guinea Conakry
Description: Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Subject: Discrimination on the basis of citizenship/nationality in access to other rights Mistreatment of non-citizens Date of Justice Initiative Action: May 2003 - 2006 ... Read on
Date: November 2003

Jean Simbarakiye v. Democratic Republic of Congo
Description: Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Subject: Discrimination on the basis of citizenship/nationality in access to other rights Date of Justice Initiative Action: May 2003 to present URL for case ... Read on
Date: August 2003

D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Racial discrimination in access to public goods and services Date of Justice Initiative Action: 2003- 2007 URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: January 2003


Freedom of Information/Expression

Peruvian High Court Urged to Disclose Officials' Assets Declarations
Description: Peruvian High Court Urged to Disclose Officials' Assets Declarations New York, November 29, 2007—The Open Society Justice Initiative intervened recently in a case before Peru's Constitutional Tribunal, urging full disclosure of the assets declarations of ... Read on
Date: 29 November 2007

Romanenko et al v. Russia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Civil sanctions for defamation of state institutions and unnamed officials Date of Justice Initiative Action: July 2005 - present URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: August 2006

Center for the Development and Democratization of Institutions v. The Ministry of Economy of Albania
Description: Forum: District Court of Tirana Subject: Access to information provided by the winning bidder in a major auction currently under parliamentary investigation Date of Justice Initiative Action: October 2005 - present URL for ... Read on
Date: August 2006

Geraguyn Khorhurd Patgamavorakan Akumb v. Armenia
Description: Forum: European Court of Human Rights Subject: Failure to grant access to election-related information Date of Justice Initiative Action: July 2006 - present URL for case documents: ... Read on
Date: July 2006

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In the Press and Op-eds

INT'L MEDIA TRAINING KICKS OFF THIS WEEK
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 22 April 2008

Cambodia: The High Cost of Closure; ith a $170 million price tag, the genocide trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders could be imperiled for lack of donor funds
Author: Business Week Online
Date: 2 April 2008

Durbin holds hearing on rape as a war crime
Author: The Swamp
Date: 1 April 2008

Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict
Author: Senate Judiciary Committee
Date: 1 April 2008

Cash-Strapped ECCC Showcases Court Transparency
Author: The Mekong Times Daily
Date: 1 April 2008

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