Litigation
Justice Initiative lawyers have represented scores of individuals and groups before domestic and international human rights courts and tribunals around the world. These cases seek not only to vindicate individual claims, but to establish and strengthen the law’s protection for all.
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African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Court of Justice of the European Union
Domestic Courts
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
UN Committee against Torture
UN Human Rights Committee
UN Human Rights Council
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
European Committee of Social Rights
OECD Austrian National Contact Point
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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Brazil
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France
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Hungary
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Russian Federation
Rwanda
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Spain
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Turkey
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United Kingdom
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Litigation
Litigation
Iseni v. Italian Ministry of the Interior
Roberto Iseni is in danger of criminal sanctions and expulsion because he failed to apply for a passport within a 12-month window following his 18th birthday, as dictated by Italian law.
Last update: December 20, 2011Omerovic and Others v. Italy
In 2008 Italy introduced emergency legislation that applied only to Roma. The Omerovic family brought a legal action with nine other claimants to challenge this discriminatory treatment.
Last update: September 17, 2010