Category Archives: ECHR

ECHR: Ahorugeze: Court Gives Green Light to an Extradition to Rwanda

2011-10-27, Strasbourg, France. The European Court of Human Rights held that an extradition of Sylvere Ahorugeze, a Rwandan national of Hutu ethnicity,  to Rwanda to face genocide charges will neither violate the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor his right to a fair trial.   The Chamber found that: there was no evidence [...]
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ECHR: Claim by Nazi Concentration Camps Survivors Dismissed

2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court dismissed an application filed by the Association of World War II Concentration Camp Prisoners against Croatia.  The application was filed by Gojko Knezevic, the president of the Association, on behalf of 9,000 former prisoners and alleged liability for international crimes committed against Serbs, Jews and Roma. The application requested compensation in the amount [...]
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ECHR: Kononov’s Claim Against Latvia Rejected

2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court rejected an application filed by Vasiliy Kononov against Latvia in respect of Mr. Kononov’s conviction for war crimes perpetrated as a member of a sabotage group of Nazi resistance in Latvia in 1944. He was indicted in 1998 by Latvian prosecutors for murdering civilians during WWII. On 29 February 1944, Nazi [...]
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ECHR: Swiss NGO Files 3 Applications Re Enforced Disappearances and Killings in Prijedor in 1992

2010-04-30, Strasbourg, France. TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), a Swiss NGO, filed three applications against BiH with the European Court of Human Rights: Fikret Bacic v. BiH, Zijad Bacic v. BiH and Horozovic v. BiH. The applications arise from the killings of Bacic and Horozovic families, and the enforced disappearance of Refik Bacic, perpetrated by Serb [...]
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ECHR: Russia Cannot Extradite an Israeli to Face Prosecution in Colombia

2010-04-01, Strasbourg, France. The Court rendered its judgment in Klien v. Russia holding that Russia cannot extradite Mr. Klien to Colombia. In 2001, Mr. Klien, a former IDF operative, was found guilty in absentia by the Criminal Court of the Manizales District, Colombia for training anti-government guerilla groups involved in terrorist activities in the 1980’s. [...]
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