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Arbitrary refusal of NGO registration. Violation of freedom of association

JUDGMENT BAYRAMOV AND IMANOV v. AZERBAIJAN 23.02.2023 (app. no. 79522/13) see here  SUMMARY Refusal by the domestic authorities to register an association established by the applicants. The applicants established a non-governmental organization, but the Ministry of Justice indicated that the name of the association did not reflect the character of its activity. Based on that […]

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Arbitrary characterization of human rights NGOs as “foreign agents” and imposition of large fines! Violation of the freedom of association

JUDGMENT Ecodefence and others v. Russia  14.06.2022 (app. no. 9988/13 and 60 others) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the measures imposed by virtue of the Foreign Agents Act 2012 on the 73 applicant non-governmental organisations involved in civil-society issues, human rights, protection of the environment and cultural heritage, education, social security, and migration in […]

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NGOs dealing with issues of public interest have the same protection as the press! Imposing fines to NGOs, as watch dogs of Elections, violated the right to freedom of expression

JUDGMENT Assotsiatsiya ΜΚΟ Golos  and others v. Russia 16.11.2021 (app. no. 41055/12) see here SUMMARY Electoral process, political speech and freedom of expression. According to the ECtHR, when an NGO pays attention to matters of public interest, it acts as a “public guardian” of similar importance to the press and enjoys similar protection under the […]

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Non-execution of court decisions annulling decisions to dissolve NGOs. Conviction for violations of the ECHR

JUDGMENT Α.Ο. Falun Dafa and others v. Republic of Moldova 29.06.2021 (app. no. 29458/15) see here SUMMARY Violation of the ECHR due to non-execution of court decisions. Dissolution of NGOs engaged in meditation because they had the swastika as a symbol. Freedom of association and freedom of thought and conscience. The applicants are two non-governmental […]

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The denial of recognition of legal representative to human rights NGOs violated the right of association. Lack of clarity in the legislation and inadequacy of the national courts in its interpretation.

JUDGMENT Jafarov and others v. Azerbaijan 25.07.2019 (no. 27309/14) see here SUMMARY  The case concerned the authorities’ repeated refusal to register a non-governmental organisation set up to defend human rights in Azerbaijan. The authorities’ ultimate reason for the refusal was the NGO founders’ failure to specify the powers of a “legal representative” in their founding […]

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