Amicus curiae briefs
(Last modified: 2004-08-23 12:19:34)
Amicus curiae is latin for “friend of the court”. A procedure in which a third party to a case can assit the court in the public interest. In human rights cases these briefs usually cover international and comparative law and/or factual information on a situation, on specific issues.
Svinia Housing Case
The applicants in the present action were denied local permanent residence by the local governing authorities because they live in informal, though long-term, housing structures. The overall effect and likely intention of the authorities’ denial of local permanent residence is to discourage and inhibit non-native Roma from settling in the village’s Romani settlement, in violation of the applicants’ right to freedom of movement. Because this interference with the applicants’ fundamental right cannot be justified as necessary or proportionate to any legitimate aim, ERRC urged the Court to find that the authorities have acted in violation of international and Slovak law.
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The case against the 75th school Todor Kableshkov
Segregation of and discrimination against Romani students
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More information
Nachova View it (MSWord doc format)!
Prohibition of discrimination
Nachova II View it (MSWord doc format)!
Racially-motivated violence in Bulgaria
Absence of adequate redress
Inadequate/insufficient protection under domestic legislation
Assenov
Police brutality against Roma in Bulgaria View it (MSWord doc format)!
Secic View it (MSWord doc format)!
the “positive obligation” of States to prevent and suppress acts of violence committed by private individuals,
the duty of States to conduct an official, effective, and prompt investigation into arguable claims of ill-treatment, and
the ultimate obligation of the authorities to provide redress for the violations at issue
Slavcheva View it (MSWord doc format)!
Shifting of the burden of proof
Tanase View it (MSWord doc format)!
Concept of continuing violations
Glazer
Asylum: non-refoulement View it (MSWord doc format)!
Chapman
Situation of Roma in OSCE area View it (MSWord doc format)! |
