On December 8, 2013, a special public safety area was declared in the village of Pungesti (Vaslui County, Romania) because of the occurring protests against Chevron, a company exploring for shale gas. Villagers live as if they were in a state of siege
A court ruling that declared our client, Ottó Szalai Jr., guilty of slander was judged unconstitutional by a recent decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court. The decision is extremely important since it restated...
The European Court of Human Rights became a victim of its own popularity. In 2014, it has opened 17,200 new proceedings, while almost 100,000 still await judgment. With such a backlog, the ECHR's ability to fully protect human rights is in doubt.
The story of a client, Mrs. Helena, coming from a home for persons with disabilities. You can watch the whole movie here: http://vimeo.com/63612623
The amicus curiae became a legal instrument that can effectively be used in Romania by human rights NGOs. APADOR-CH broke the ice by using the amicus curiae to intervene twice in cases discussing the constitutionality...
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The Human Rights Monitoring Institute was approached by a person whose pre-trial detention lasted for more than three months. "Three months without sleep," reminisces the man about how he felt while detained. "And not a single court hearing took place throughout this whole time," he adds.
More than once in the past, Italy has been reproached by international human rights intitutions because of Italian politicians' hate speeches. Lunaria, 21 Luglio and Antigone, three Italian human rights NGOs, have...
All 10 million prepaid phone card users in Romania will have to register within six months from the date of the adoption of the law, otherwise their service will be disabled.
The European Court of Human Rights found violations of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case...
The recent torture and death of a prisoner by State security guards has left no doubt that reform is needed in Greek's prison system.
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