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We Are Sutyajnik. 2005 ANNUAL REPORT
7. International Protection of Human Rights
In 2005 Sutyajnik continued activity in international protection of human rights
by implementing the following programs:
— consultation of citizens regarding how they can apply to international
organizations
— implementation of international human rights standards (most notably, the
European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
and its protocols) in national courts
— the selection and preparation of applications to the European Court of Human
Rights
Around 40 percent of all concerns addressed to Sutyajnik pertained to the
preparation of appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, most often
regarding infringements on the right to a fair trial, property rights, or a
personal security. The number of requests for assistance in international legal
protection of rights has increased by 8 percent since 2004.
Sutyajnik’s attorneys have also advised citizens on how to ensure the protection
of their rights in national courts, grounding their advice in the conventional
principles and norms of international human rights law.
Currently our organization is working on 24 cases brought before the European
Court of Human Rights, 11 of which were directed to the Court in 2005.
These appeals concern the following topics:
— infringement of Article 2 of the European Convention – the right to life (1)
— infringement of Article 3 of the European Convention – the right not to be
subjected to torture (2)
— infringement of Article 6 of the European Convention – the right to a fair and
public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal
established by law (9)
— infringement of Article 10 of the European Convention – the right to freedom
of thought, conscience and religion (1)
— infringement of Article 11 of the European Convention – the right to freedom
of association, assembly, meetings, and procession (1)
— infringement of Article 1 of Protocol 1 – the right to property (1)
In addition to these cases, in 2005 Sutyajnik continued to up-date resource
created in 2004 for citizens and international human rights organizations. The
section of our website entitled “Studying the European Convention” (www.sutyajnik.ru/rus/echr/school)
provide those who wish to apply the Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Russian courts with (1) all national
legislation on the issue, (2) translated international documents, (3) translated
European Court of Human Rights case-law (major cases), (4) translations of
selected judgments against the Russian Federation, (5) judgments of Russian
courts of different levels and jurisdictions that have invoked the Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, (6) relevant books
and law journal articles on the issue, and (7) online audio and video lectures.
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