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Timestamp: 2020-03-29 03:46:59
Document Index: 439893886

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No 35151', 'Application No 9106', 'Application No 57325', 'Application No 28883', 'Application No 29178', 'Application No 35151', 'Application No 9106', 'Application No 28883', 'Application No 29178', 'Application No 50385']

EIN – Greek Helsinki Monitor – Ελληνικο Παρατηρητηριο των Συμφωνιων του Ελσινκι
Briefing Committee of Ministers on SAKIR GROUP v GREECE and HOUSE of MACEDONIAN CIVILIZATION AND OTHERS v GREECE
26 November 2019 26 November 2019 Panayote Dimitras1 Comment
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Greece and North Macedonia
at the heart of EIN civil society briefing
SAKIR GROUP v GREECE (48475/09), and
HOUSE of MACEDONIAN CIVILIZATION AND OTHERS v GREECE (1295/10)
by Panayote Dimitras, Greek Helsinki Monitor and EIN Board member
On 22nd November 2019, EIN held its quarterly civil society briefing, ahead of the 1362nd CM-DH meeting. Over 40 participants attended the briefing, including participants from 29 Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe, the EU representation to the Council of Europe, the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and other CoE staff members. The main recommendations on the cases are available here.
The first case concerns ineffective investigations into alleged hate crimes. Mr Dimitras called upon the CM to ask Greece to amend its anti-racism Law 927/79, so as to implement the recommendations of ECRI, UN HRCttee and UN CERD to criminalize racist insults and defamation, as well as the public dissemination, public distribution, production or storage of racist material.
The House of Macedonian Civilization case is about the non-registration by courts of an association, contrary to the Court’s 1998 judgment concerning the same association. On behalf of the House of Macedonian Civilization, Mr Dimitras urged the Committee of Ministers to join the House of Macedonian Civilization and the Bekir-Ousta group of cases.
Briefing text on the Sakir group, by Panayote Dimitras, Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM)
Rule 9.1. and 9.2. on the Sakir group, by the Greek Helsinki Monitor (October 2019)
Briefing text on the House of Macedonian Civilization and others, by Panayote Dimitras
Rule 9.1 on the House of Macedonian Civilization and others, by the Greek Helsinki Monitor (October 2019)
ΕΔΔΑ - ECtHR, Εθνικές μειονότητες - National minorities, Ρατσιστικά εγκλήματα - Racist crimesEIN, House of Macedonian Civilization, Sakir
Briefing Committee of Ministers on Bekir Ousta and others v Greece
9 September 2019 26 November 2019 Panayote DimitrasLeave a comment
EIN civil society briefing ahead of the CM-DH meeting
Bekir Ousta and others v Greece (Application No 35151/05)
On 6th September 2019, EIN held its quarterly civil society briefing, ahead of the 1355th CM-DH meeting. Over 40 participants attended the briefing, including participants from the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe, the EU representation to the Council of Europe, the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and other CoE staff members. The main recommendations on the cases are available here.
The Bekir-Ousta and others group of cases concerns Greece’s failure for some twelve years to execute the ECtHR judgments finding violations of the freedom of association of three ethnic Turkish associations. Mr Dimitras underlined that no progress had been made with regard to legislative measures to change the procedure for registration of these associations, in a way that would be consistent with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Dimitras called for the relevant legislative changes to be made – failing which, the Committee of Ministers should issue an Interim Resolution in early 2020.
Briefing text by Panayote Dimitras, Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM)
Rule 9.2. on the Bekir Ousta and others group of case v Greece, by GHM (July 2019)
ΕΔΔΑ - ECtHR, Εθνικές μειονότητες - National minorities, Υπερασπιστές ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων - Human rights defendersBekir-Ousta and others, EIN
06/09/2019: EIN civil society briefing on Bekir-Ousta and other cases ahead of the CM-DH meeting
6 September 2019 26 November 2019 Panayote DimitrasLeave a comment
On 6th September 2019, EIN held its quarterly civil society briefing, ahead of the 1355th CM-DH meeting. Over 40 participants attended the briefing, including participants from the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe, the EU representation to the Council of Europe, the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and other CoE staff members.
GENDERDOC-M v Republic of Moldova (Application No 9106/06), on unjustified bans on Pride marches,
D.H. and others v the Czech Republic (Application No 57325/00), on discrimination in the enjoyment of the applicants’ right to education due to their assignment to special schools between 1996 and 1999, on account of their Roma origin,
McKerr group of cases v the UK (Application No 28883/95), on actions of security forces in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s, with a focus on the Finucane case (Application No 29178/95),
Bekir Ousta and others v Greece (Application No 35151/05) on refusal to register or dissolution of the applicants’ associations,
The main recommendations on the cases are available here.
GENDERDOC-M v Republic of Moldova (Application No 9106/06)
by Nigel Warner, member of ILGA Europe, and EIN Bureau member
The case concerns inter alia the violation of the applicant NGO’s right to peaceful assembly arising from the ban on holding a demonstration planned for May 2005 to encourage the adoption of laws to protect sexual minorities from discrimination (violation of Article 11); the discrimination against the applicant NGO on account of the difference in treatment between it and other NGOs which were allowed by the authorities to hold demonstrations in the same period of time, the authorities’ disapproval of the demonstrations which they considered to promote homosexuality, and the unclear reasons adduced by the authorities in rejecting the applicant’s request to hold a demonstration (violation of Article 14 in conjunction with Article 11).
In May 2019 participants in the Chisinau pride march were able, for the second year running, to take part in an authorised freedom of assembly event and complete the planned route. However, whilst this positive development is welcomed, it is also unclear as to whether it will last. Many of the country’s most senior politicians have adopted a firm public stance against Pride marches.
The Moldovan authorities Action Report of 27 June 2019 invited the Committee of Ministers to close the supervision of execution of this judgment. In July 2019, GENDERDOC-M and ILGA Europe submitted a joint communication, arguing that, in view of the uncertain political situation in the country, and notwithstanding the positive development referred to above, it would be premature to close supervision of this judgment.
The case was presented by Nigel Warner, member of ILGA Europe. His presentation was based on the Rule 9.2 submission of July 2019.
Action Report by the Moldovan authorities (27 June 2019)
Rule 9.2 submission by ILGA Europe and GENDERDOC-M (July 2019)
Power point by Nigel Warner, ILGA Europe (6/9/2019)
by Štěpán Drahokoupil, OSF Prag,
and Veronika Bazalová, Lawyer, Office of the Public Defender of Rights, Czech Republic
In December 2018, the Ministry of Education proposed changes to the Decree on Education of Pupils with Special Educational Needs. In her presentation, Ms Bazalová underlined that, should they be adopted, these changes would be problematic, as they would lead to:
In his presentation, Mr Drahokoupil outlined how reforms since the judgment had had a negligible effect on the numbers of Roma children being sent to special schools. In their recommendations, Mr Drahokoupil and Ms Bazalová therefore called on to the Committee of Ministers to monitor the implementation of the D. H. case until there is a drop in proportion of Roma educated in reduced programmes by 2,88 percent points in 5 consecutive years, starting by the school year 2018/2019.
Power Point presentation by Mr Štěpán Drahokoupil, OSF Prag, and Veronika Bazalová, Lawyer, Office of the Public Defender of Rights, Czech Republic (6/9/2019)
Rule 9.2 on the D.H. and others v the Czech Republic case, by OSF Prague (Nadace OSF), Amnesty International and Forum for Human Rights (August 2019)
McKerr group of cases v the UK (Application No 28883/95),
with a focus on the Finucane case (Application No 29178/95),
by Daniel Holder, Deputy Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)
These cases concern investigations into the deaths of the applicants’ next-of-kin in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s, either during security force operations or in circumstances giving rise to suspicion of collusion with those forces.
In his presentation, Daniel Holder focused on the Stormont House Agreement (SHA), calling for a clear timetable in relation to the implementation of the new legacy institutions under this agreement. With regard to the Finucane case, he underlined the urgent need for a fully independent Article 2 public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder. Given the lack of a clear commitment from the UK in response to the UK Supreme Court ruling of February 2019 – which found that no Article 2 compliant investigation had taken place to date – Mr Holder called upon the Ministers’ Deputies to re-open examination of this individual measure.
Power Point presentation by Daniel Holder, CAJ (6/9/2019)
Rule 9.2. on the McKerr group of cases by CAJ (July 2019)
The Bekir-Ousta and others group of cases concerns Greece’s failure for some twelve years to execute the ECtHR judgments finding violations of the freedom of association of three ethnic Turkish associations. Mr Dimitras underlined that no progress had been made with regard to legislative measures to change the procedure for registration of these associations, in a way that would be consistent with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Panayote called for the relevant legislative changes to be made – failing which, the Committee of Ministers should issue an Interim Resolution in early 2020.
Pictures: EIN Secretariat – Agnes Ciccarone
Briefing Committee of Ministers on Makaratzis and others group of cases v Greece and Bekir Ousta and others group of cases v Greece
26 November 2018 26 November 2019 Panayote DimitrasLeave a comment
Presentations were given on the following cases: (…)
2- Makaratzis v Greece (Application No 50385/99) – Ill-treatment by coastguards and other state agents and a lack of effective investigations. (…)
Over 35 participants attended the briefing, including participants from the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe, the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, and other CoE staff members. The main recommendations from the briefing are available here. (…)
The memo of Mr Dimitras on this group of cases is available here. The latest communication from the Greek government (September 2017) is here. You can also download the Rules 9.2. September and October submissions by the Greek Helsinki Monitor. (…)
The memo of Mr Dimitras and his recommendations are available here. The Rule 9.2. submission of the Greek Helsinki Monitor published in September and October 2018 are there. The December 2017 CM decision on this case is here. (…)
Αστυνομική βία, ΕΔΔΑ - ECtHR, Εθνικές μειονότητες - National minorities, Υπερασπιστές ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων - Human rights defenders, TortureBekir-Ousta and others, EIN, House of Macedonian Civilization, Makaratzis
Briefing Committee of Ministers on Bekir-Ousta and others group v Greece
28 November 2017 26 November 2019 Panayote DimitrasLeave a comment
Greek, Russian and Ukrainian cases
presented at latest EIN briefing on implementation
On 24 November 2017, the European Implementation Network convened a quarterly civil society briefing on cases of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) scheduled for review at the 1302nd Human Rights Meeting (DH) of the Committee of Ministers’ (CM) Deputies on 5-7 December 2017. The meeting was held at the Palais de l’Europe and attended by representatives of over twenty delegations, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. This was the fourth briefing undertaken in 2017, following previous briefings on different cases held in February, May and September respectively. The following cases were discussed at the briefing: Bekir-Ousta and others group v Greece, OAO Neftyanaya Kompaniya Yukos v Russian Federation, Kaverzin, Afanasyev groups, Karabet and Others, and Belousov v Ukraine, and Nevmerzhitsky, Yakovenko, Logvinenko, Isayev and Melnik groups v Ukraine. A summary of points in the form of 3-5 recommendations made by all presenters on their respective cases can be found here and further information on the discussions at the briefing is provided below.
ΕΔΔΑ - ECtHR, Εθνικές μειονότητες - National minorities, Υπερασπιστές ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων - Human rights defenders, UncategorizedBekir-Ousta and others, EIN
24 November 2017 26 November 2019 Panayote DimitrasLeave a comment
ΕΔΔΑ - ECtHR, Εθνικές μειονότητες - National minorities, Υπερασπιστές ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων - Human rights defendersBekir-Ousta and others, EIN, House of Macedonian Civilization