European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
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Challenging human rights abuses in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine. Home to the Enforced Disappearance Legal Database.
Taking legal action against your own govt - particularly when that govt is authoritarian - is not easy.
Yesterday's judgment in Tsaava and Others v. #Georgia is testament to the brave protestors and journalists who stood up for their - and our - rights: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
Yesterday's judgment in Tsaava and Others v. #Georgia is testament to the brave protestors and journalists who stood up for their - and our - rights: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Taking legal action against your own govt - particularly when that govt is authoritarian - is not easy.
Yesterday's judgment in Tsaava and Others v. #Georgia is testament to the brave protestors and journalists who stood up for their - and our - rights: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
Yesterday's judgment in Tsaava and Others v. #Georgia is testament to the brave protestors and journalists who stood up for their - and our - rights: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
🔴 The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has today found that #Georgia violated the #humanrights of 26 protestors and journalists injured during the dispersal of a 2019 protest.
Read more : ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
Read more : ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
Gavrilov’s Night – landmark judgment finds Georgian protestors and journalists suffered ill treatment - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
Content warning: police violence; ill treatment resulting in serious injury. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has today found that Georgia violated the human rights...
ehrac.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🔴 The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has today found that #Georgia violated the #humanrights of 26 protestors and journalists injured during the dispersal of a 2019 protest.
Read more : ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
Read more : ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/gavril...
The Grand Chamber judgment in Tsaava and Others v. Georgia will be livestreamed at 9.30 CET / 8.30 UK:
www.youtube.com/@EuropeanCou...
www.youtube.com/@EuropeanCou...
Tomorrow (9:30 CET / 8.30 UK), the Grand Chamber will hand down its judgment in Tsaava + Others v. #Georgia, a case concerning the brutal dispersal of a protest in Tbilisi on Gavrilov's Night.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Grand Chamber judgment in Tsaava and Others v. Georgia will be livestreamed at 9.30 CET / 8.30 UK:
www.youtube.com/@EuropeanCou...
www.youtube.com/@EuropeanCou...
Tomorrow (9:30 CET / 8.30 UK), the Grand Chamber will hand down its judgment in Tsaava + Others v. #Georgia, a case concerning the brutal dispersal of a protest in Tbilisi on Gavrilov's Night.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Tomorrow (9:30 CET / 8.30 UK), the Grand Chamber will hand down its judgment in Tsaava + Others v. #Georgia, a case concerning the brutal dispersal of a protest in Tbilisi on Gavrilov's Night.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
This case was co-litigated by @GYLA_CSO + EHRAC.
We will be responding to the judgment.
🔴 On 20 June 2019, police opened fire, without warning, on a large crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia.
🔴 Tear gas, water cannon and 800 rubber bullets were discharged, indiscriminately.
🔴 240 people were hurt, some seriously.
Tomorrow, the Grand Chamber will deliver its judgment.
youtu.be/43JWW4YWcyI
🔴 Tear gas, water cannon and 800 rubber bullets were discharged, indiscriminately.
🔴 240 people were hurt, some seriously.
Tomorrow, the Grand Chamber will deliver its judgment.
youtu.be/43JWW4YWcyI
Maia - Rubber Bullets - Grand Chamber judgment, 11 December 2025
YouTube video by European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🔴 On 20 June 2019, police opened fire, without warning, on a large crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia.
🔴 Tear gas, water cannon and 800 rubber bullets were discharged, indiscriminately.
🔴 240 people were hurt, some seriously.
Tomorrow, the Grand Chamber will deliver its judgment.
youtu.be/43JWW4YWcyI
🔴 Tear gas, water cannon and 800 rubber bullets were discharged, indiscriminately.
🔴 240 people were hurt, some seriously.
Tomorrow, the Grand Chamber will deliver its judgment.
youtu.be/43JWW4YWcyI
🔴 Our guide to 'Enforced Disappearances in 🇪🇺Europe - Obligations of States in International Human Rights Law' is available in English and Russian.
📕 Read the guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
📕 Read the guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🔴 Our guide to 'Enforced Disappearances in 🇪🇺Europe - Obligations of States in International Human Rights Law' is available in English and Russian.
📕 Read the guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
📕 Read the guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
🔴 In October, the European Court of Human Rights found the disbarment of the 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani #humanrights #lawyer Yalchin Imanov led to violations of his freedom of expression and right to private life.
🔴 The case highlights 🇦🇿's attempts to silence human rights #lawyers: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
🔴 The case highlights 🇦🇿's attempts to silence human rights #lawyers: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🔴 In October, the European Court of Human Rights found the disbarment of the 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani #humanrights #lawyer Yalchin Imanov led to violations of his freedom of expression and right to private life.
🔴 The case highlights 🇦🇿's attempts to silence human rights #lawyers: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
🔴 The case highlights 🇦🇿's attempts to silence human rights #lawyers: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
🔴 The European Court of Human Rights has today found that the disbarment of a leading 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Yalchin Imanov, led to violations of his freedom of expression and right to private life.
📕 Read more about this judgment: bit.ly/48SsTIt
📕 Read more about this judgment: bit.ly/48SsTIt
Azerbaijan’s disbarment of human rights lawyer violated ECHR - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that the domestic disbarment of a leading Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Yalchin Imanov. led to violations of the European Convention of Human Ri...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🔴 The European Court of Human Rights has today found that the disbarment of a leading 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Yalchin Imanov, led to violations of his freedom of expression and right to private life.
📕 Read more about this judgment: bit.ly/48SsTIt
📕 Read more about this judgment: bit.ly/48SsTIt
🔵 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. RUSSIA: spotlight on the ECtHR judgment
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 Sept, Zoom.
▶️ For more information and to register: bit.ly/4nHm5Cl
Our expert panel (1/3):
🔵 Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of #Ukraine
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 Sept, Zoom.
▶️ For more information and to register: bit.ly/4nHm5Cl
Our expert panel (1/3):
🔵 Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of #Ukraine
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🔵 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. RUSSIA: spotlight on the ECtHR judgment
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 Sept, Zoom.
▶️ For more information and to register: bit.ly/4nHm5Cl
Our expert panel (1/3):
🔵 Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of #Ukraine
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 Sept, Zoom.
▶️ For more information and to register: bit.ly/4nHm5Cl
Our expert panel (1/3):
🔵 Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of #Ukraine
CW: police violence; lethal force.
On 17 Sept, the ECtHR found #Armenia breached the right to life in cases concerning 9 men who died as a result of the police dispersal of protests on 1 March 2008.
Here their relatives share their memories: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/blog/p...
On 17 Sept, the ECtHR found #Armenia breached the right to life in cases concerning 9 men who died as a result of the police dispersal of protests on 1 March 2008.
Here their relatives share their memories: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/blog/p...
Remembering the protestors who died as a result of police violence during the 2008 protests in Armenia - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
‘After Armen’s death, we planted two trees for him in the garden – they are big now … and we still don’t know what really happened to Armen and why. ...
ehrac.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
CW: police violence; lethal force.
On 17 Sept, the ECtHR found #Armenia breached the right to life in cases concerning 9 men who died as a result of the police dispersal of protests on 1 March 2008.
Here their relatives share their memories: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/blog/p...
On 17 Sept, the ECtHR found #Armenia breached the right to life in cases concerning 9 men who died as a result of the police dispersal of protests on 1 March 2008.
Here their relatives share their memories: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/blog/p...
🔵 We asked the panelists at next Monday's event for their thoughts on the European Court of Human Rights' judgment in #Ukraine and the Netherlands v. #Russia.
🔵 Nadia Volkova ⬇️
🔵 Register now for our online panel discussion on Monday 29 September: bit.ly/3Iaw57D
🔵 Nadia Volkova ⬇️
🔵 Register now for our online panel discussion on Monday 29 September: bit.ly/3Iaw57D
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🔵 We asked the panelists at next Monday's event for their thoughts on the European Court of Human Rights' judgment in #Ukraine and the Netherlands v. #Russia.
🔵 Nadia Volkova ⬇️
🔵 Register now for our online panel discussion on Monday 29 September: bit.ly/3Iaw57D
🔵 Nadia Volkova ⬇️
🔵 Register now for our online panel discussion on Monday 29 September: bit.ly/3Iaw57D
To support lawyers working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in taking a trauma informed approach, we have published a new annex to our Guidelines for Trauma Informed Legal Practice (TILP).
Download the annex now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
Download the annex now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
September 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
To support lawyers working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in taking a trauma informed approach, we have published a new annex to our Guidelines for Trauma Informed Legal Practice (TILP).
Download the annex now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
Download the annex now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
CW: police violence; excessive and lethal force.
🔴On 18 Sept, the European Court of Human Rights found 🇦🇲 Armenia violated the right to life in a case concerning 9 activists who died as the result of the violent dispersal of protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
🧵1/3 ⬇️
🔴On 18 Sept, the European Court of Human Rights found 🇦🇲 Armenia violated the right to life in a case concerning 9 activists who died as the result of the violent dispersal of protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
🧵1/3 ⬇️
September 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CW: police violence; excessive and lethal force.
🔴On 18 Sept, the European Court of Human Rights found 🇦🇲 Armenia violated the right to life in a case concerning 9 activists who died as the result of the violent dispersal of protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
🧵1/3 ⬇️
🔴On 18 Sept, the European Court of Human Rights found 🇦🇲 Armenia violated the right to life in a case concerning 9 activists who died as the result of the violent dispersal of protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
🧵1/3 ⬇️
Join us online on 29 Sept for an expert analysis of Ukraine + the Netherlands v. Russia, one of the most significant #humanrights judgments in recent times.
Register now: bit.ly/4n67TCp
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Register now: bit.ly/4n67TCp
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September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Join us online on 29 Sept for an expert analysis of Ukraine + the Netherlands v. Russia, one of the most significant #humanrights judgments in recent times.
Register now: bit.ly/4n67TCp
@stevepeers.bsky.social @humanrightsindex.bsky.social
@factforce.bsky.social @antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Register now: bit.ly/4n67TCp
@stevepeers.bsky.social @humanrightsindex.bsky.social
@factforce.bsky.social @antongerashchenko.bsky.social
On Thursday, the European Court of #HumanRights found #Armenia violated the right to life of 9 activists who died after police used live ammunition and #teargas grenades to disperse protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
Learn more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/europe...
Learn more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/europe...
European Court delivers judgment in case concerning Armenians killed protesting 2008 election result - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that Armenia violated the right to life of nine activists who died as the result of the violent dispersal of protests...
ehrac.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
On Thursday, the European Court of #HumanRights found #Armenia violated the right to life of 9 activists who died after police used live ammunition and #teargas grenades to disperse protests against the 2008 presidential election result.
Learn more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/europe...
Learn more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/europe...
🔵 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. RUSSIA: the ECtHR judgment
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 September, via Zoom.
▶️ Register now: bit.ly/41TRloH
⬇️ Introducing our panel: Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of #HumanRights elected in respect of #Ukraine.
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 September, via Zoom.
▶️ Register now: bit.ly/41TRloH
⬇️ Introducing our panel: Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of #HumanRights elected in respect of #Ukraine.
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🔵 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. RUSSIA: the ECtHR judgment
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 September, via Zoom.
▶️ Register now: bit.ly/41TRloH
⬇️ Introducing our panel: Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of #HumanRights elected in respect of #Ukraine.
🗓️ 1pm (UK), Monday 29 September, via Zoom.
▶️ Register now: bit.ly/41TRloH
⬇️ Introducing our panel: Judge Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of #HumanRights elected in respect of #Ukraine.
🔴 In July, the ECtHR delivered its judgment in 🇺🇦 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. 🇷🇺 RUSSIA. Join us on 29 Sept for an expert panel discussion on this landmark ruling + its implications for #humanrights, armed conflict + #InternationalLaw.
Register now: bit.ly/3I4ZfoB
Register now: bit.ly/3I4ZfoB
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🔴 In July, the ECtHR delivered its judgment in 🇺🇦 UKRAINE AND THE NETHERLANDS v. 🇷🇺 RUSSIA. Join us on 29 Sept for an expert panel discussion on this landmark ruling + its implications for #humanrights, armed conflict + #InternationalLaw.
Register now: bit.ly/3I4ZfoB
Register now: bit.ly/3I4ZfoB
🔴 In April, the Azerbaijani investigative journalist Afgan Sadigov was released from detention in #Georgia. He had been held since August 2024 pending extradition to 🇦🇿 #Azerbaijian on trumped-up charges.
Read more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
Read more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
August 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🔴 In April, the Azerbaijani investigative journalist Afgan Sadigov was released from detention in #Georgia. He had been held since August 2024 pending extradition to 🇦🇿 #Azerbaijian on trumped-up charges.
Read more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
Read more: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/azerba...
🔴 In May 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee delivered a landmark decision on 🇷🇺 Russia's use of forced naturalisation in #Crimea.
🔴 Read more about the decision in Bratsylo and others v #Russia: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/human-...
#Ukraine #humanrights
🔴 Read more about the decision in Bratsylo and others v #Russia: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/human-...
#Ukraine #humanrights
August 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🔴 In May 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee delivered a landmark decision on 🇷🇺 Russia's use of forced naturalisation in #Crimea.
🔴 Read more about the decision in Bratsylo and others v #Russia: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/human-...
#Ukraine #humanrights
🔴 Read more about the decision in Bratsylo and others v #Russia: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/human-...
#Ukraine #humanrights
CW: enforced disappearance
Since 1994, more than 7,000 people have been disappeared in the North Caucasus by those working for the Russian state.
Everyone knows someone who has been disappeared.
Only a handful of families know the fate of their loved ones.
▶️ 'In Limbo': youtu.be/JTL7SLlofSw
Since 1994, more than 7,000 people have been disappeared in the North Caucasus by those working for the Russian state.
Everyone knows someone who has been disappeared.
Only a handful of families know the fate of their loved ones.
▶️ 'In Limbo': youtu.be/JTL7SLlofSw
'In Limbo' - enforced disappearance in the North Caucasus (English subtitles)
YouTube video by European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
CW: enforced disappearance
Since 1994, more than 7,000 people have been disappeared in the North Caucasus by those working for the Russian state.
Everyone knows someone who has been disappeared.
Only a handful of families know the fate of their loved ones.
▶️ 'In Limbo': youtu.be/JTL7SLlofSw
Since 1994, more than 7,000 people have been disappeared in the North Caucasus by those working for the Russian state.
Everyone knows someone who has been disappeared.
Only a handful of families know the fate of their loved ones.
▶️ 'In Limbo': youtu.be/JTL7SLlofSw
Our new legal guide, available in English, Georgian and Russian language versions, focuses on admissibility issues that arise during litigation before UN Treaty Bodies, in particular the HRC, CEDAW and CERD.
Download our guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
Download our guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
Guide: Individual Communications to UN Treaty Bodies - Admissibility Issues - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
Our new legal guide, available in English and Russian, focuses on admissibility issues that arise during litigation before UN Treaty Bodies, in particular the Human Rights Committee (HRCtee), the Comm...
ehrac.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our new legal guide, available in English, Georgian and Russian language versions, focuses on admissibility issues that arise during litigation before UN Treaty Bodies, in particular the HRC, CEDAW and CERD.
Download our guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
Download our guide now: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
🔴 Sexual harassment is a persisting human rights violation.
🔴 Our legal guide is now available in English, Georgian and Ukrainian: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
🔴 Our legal guide is now available in English, Georgian and Ukrainian: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
July 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🔴 Sexual harassment is a persisting human rights violation.
🔴 Our legal guide is now available in English, Georgian and Ukrainian: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
🔴 Our legal guide is now available in English, Georgian and Ukrainian: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resour...
🔴 Tomorrow (21 July): 'Rule of law and #humanrights concerns in 🇬🇪 Georgia'.
🔴 The in-person event has now sold out, but you can still join online. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#humanrights #ადამიანისუფლებები #insanhüquqları #մարդուիրավունքներ #правачеловека
#law #lawyer
🔴 The in-person event has now sold out, but you can still join online. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#humanrights #ადამიანისუფლებები #insanhüquqları #մարդուիրավունքներ #правачеловека
#law #lawyer
July 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🔴 Tomorrow (21 July): 'Rule of law and #humanrights concerns in 🇬🇪 Georgia'.
🔴 The in-person event has now sold out, but you can still join online. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#humanrights #ადამიანისუფლებები #insanhüquqları #մարդուիրավունքներ #правачеловека
#law #lawyer
🔴 The in-person event has now sold out, but you can still join online. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#humanrights #ადამიანისუფლებები #insanhüquqları #մարդուիրավունքներ #правачеловека
#law #lawyer
🔴 This Monday: 'Rule of law and human rights concerns in 🇬🇪 Georgia'
🔴 Our hybrid event is open to all. You can book in-person and online tickets at: barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #lawyer
#derechoshumanos #droitshumains #правачеловека #ადამიანისუფლებები
🔴 Our hybrid event is open to all. You can book in-person and online tickets at: barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #lawyer
#derechoshumanos #droitshumains #правачеловека #ადამიანისუფლებები
July 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🔴 This Monday: 'Rule of law and human rights concerns in 🇬🇪 Georgia'
🔴 Our hybrid event is open to all. You can book in-person and online tickets at: barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #lawyer
#derechoshumanos #droitshumains #правачеловека #ადამიანისუფლებები
🔴 Our hybrid event is open to all. You can book in-person and online tickets at: barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #lawyer
#derechoshumanos #droitshumains #правачеловека #ადამიანისუფლებები
On Monday 21 July, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and EHRAC will be hosting a panel discussion on the Rule of law and human rights concerns in #Georgia.
In-person (Doughty Street Chambers, WC1) and online tickets (Zoom): barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#Law #HumanRights
In-person (Doughty Street Chambers, WC1) and online tickets (Zoom): barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#Law #HumanRights
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On Monday 21 July, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and EHRAC will be hosting a panel discussion on the Rule of law and human rights concerns in #Georgia.
In-person (Doughty Street Chambers, WC1) and online tickets (Zoom): barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#Law #HumanRights
In-person (Doughty Street Chambers, WC1) and online tickets (Zoom): barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-and-ehr...
#Law #HumanRights