EHRA Workshop - Maximising the Role of Civil Society in the European Human Rights Protection System

Deadline for enrollment extended to 19 January! The European Human Rights Association is organising a two-day workshop for members of NGOs on "Maximising the Role of Civil Society in the European Human Rights Protection System - Making better use of the ECHR and related mechanisms".
The workshop will be held in Strasbourg on 23 and 24 January 2014.
You can find more information on the programme and the link to the online subscription form here.
 

EHRA Summer Course: The ECHR in practice / Practica actuala a CEDO

The first summer course in Romanian on the practice of the ECHR organised by EHRA together with the West University of Timisoara and the National Training Institute for Lawyers will be held in Timisoara from 1 to 5 July.

ECtHR case-law weekly brief (3-7 June 2013)

Refusal by Russian authorities to return the bodies of the Chechen separatist president and of Chechen insurgents to their families (violation of 8 alone and in conjunction with 13, no violation of 14 in conjunction with 8 in both cases, no violation of 2 in Maskhadova and Others v. RU and no violation of 3 and 38 § 1 in Sabanchiyeva v. RU)

ECtHR case-law weekly brief (27-31 May 2013)

Ill-treatment by police officers during detention and ineffective subsequent investigation (violation of 3 in Davitidze v. RU)

Ineffective investigation into alleged ill-treatment by police and length of criminal proceedings against the applicant (violation of 3 and 6§1 in Sorokins and Sorokina v. LVA)

ECtHR case-law weekly brief (20-24 May 2013)

Inappropriate medical care in detention for a HIV diagnosed detainee (violation of 3 in E.A. v. RU)

ECtHR case-law weekly brief (13-17 May 2013)

Lack of appropriate medical care during pre-trial detention, impossibility for the applicant to complain about this situation and unlawfulness of pre-trial detention (violation of 3, 5 § 1 and 13 in Barilo v. UKR) 

ECtHR case-law weekly brief (6-10 May 2013)

Lengthy criminal proceedings against the applicant for aiding and abetting an illegal organisation (violation of 6 § 1 and 13 in Erdoğan Çoban v. TUR)

Regulation restricting the voting in the Parliamentary elections for those resident outside of the UK for more than 15 years not in breach of the right to free elections (no violation of 3 Prot. 1 in Shindler v. UK)

The Court's related press release:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng-press/pages/search.aspx?i=003-4350682-5218120