The first case before the ECHR that analyses the institution of personal...
This is the statement issued by the European Network for Independent Living (ENIL) on one of the cases I have filed recently with the ECHRAceasta este o nota informativa publicata de Reteaua europeana...
View ArticleMcDonald v United Kingdom: the European Court decides that money trumps...
Elaine McDonald needed to go to the toilet several times during the night because of bladder problems, although she was not incontinent. A former ballerina, she suffered a stroke and several falls in...
View ArticleGrand Chamber to announce judgments in two of my cases/Marea Camera urmeaza...
[EN] The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will announce the judgments in two of my cases on two consecutive days as follows:Heli Hamalainen v. Finland - 16 JulyThe Center for Legal...
View ArticleHämäläinen v Finland - Preview of the judgment by Constantin Cojocariu
(CROSS-POSTED FROM THE ECHR SEXUAL ORIENTATION BLOG)In advance of the Grand Chamber judgment in Hämäläinen v Finland next Wednesday, Constantin Cojocariu has written a guest post on the case....
View ArticleSome thoughts on the significance of Campeanu v. Romania, before the Grand...
Valentin Campeanu, the applicant in the case Campeanu v. Romania, pending before the Grand Chamber of the European Court, was an intellectually disabled orphaned young man who grew up in an...
View ArticleEuropean Court order to place man under guardianship and interim measures...
This is a brief post about a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights of a man diagnosed with schizophrenia, and who has been held for fourteen years in psychiatric hospitals apparently...
View ArticleMonica Macovei si persoanele cu dizabilitati (sau De ce NU votez cu Monica...
As dori sa comentez pe scurt pozitia Dnei Macovei strict cu privire la persoanele cu dizabilitati, din perspectiva drepturilor omului. Nu imi propun sa analizez contextul mai larg al politicilor...
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Hämäläinen v. Finland: A Story of Illusory Consensus and Lesser Families
This article is an edited version of a presentation that I gave at the Rights on the Move: Rainbow Families in Europe Conference that took place in Trento, Italy, on 16-17 October 2014.This article...
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Public hearing before the Grand Chamber in Gherghina v. Romania
In the good tradition of this blog, news come very late.Take this for example, the Grand Chamber hearing in the case Gherghina v. Romania, which took place on 12 November 2014, which I have not yet...
View ArticleRapid reaction to European Court judgment on sterilisation of trans people
The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a good solid judgment today in the case YY v Turkey, concerning the inability of a trans man to access gender reassignment surgery, a precondition to...
View ArticleCauza Parascineti v Romania (13 martie 2012) - sumar si comentariu
Pe 13 martie 2012, CEDO s-a pronuntat in cauza Parascineti v Romania, privind conditiile de trai si tratament la sectia psihiatrica a Spitalului Municipal Sighetul Marmatiei (SSM). Pe 2 iunie 1995...
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Cazul Campeanu inclus in raportul anual al Amnesty International pe 2012
Dosarul la care lucrez de cativa ani impreuna cu colegii de la CRJ, Valentin Campeanu v Romania, pendinte la CEDO, a fost inclus in raportul anual pe 2012 al Amnesty International privind starea...
View ArticleCauza Groza v. Romania privind scolarizarea unui copil cu dizabilitati –...
Pe 21 februarie 2012, CEDO a publicat decizia in cauza Groza v. Romania, privind dreptul la instructie a unui copil cu dizabilitati. Plangerea a fost introdusa de tatal Marcel Groza in nume propriu,...
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Contributie la European Yearbook of Disability Law
Recent a aparut vol. 3 al European Yearbook of Disability Law, o publicatie anuala care prezinta in detaliu cele mai importante noutati din dreptul european cu privire la persoanele cu dizabilitati....
View ArticleCampeanu v Romania la Marea Camera a CEDO: Introducere
De curand am primit vestea ca dosarul Centrul pentru Resurse Juridice in numele lui Valentin Campeanu v. Romania a fost trimis la Marea Camera a CEDO. Pe scurt, acest caz povesteste moartea lui...
View ArticleComentariu hotarare CEDO transgender H. v. Finlanda
Recent am publicat un comentariu asupra hotararii CEDO H. v. Finlanda, privind compatibilitatea legislatiei din acea tara care obliga persoanele trans care doresc sa-si schimbe documentele sa divorteze...
View ArticleBataliny v Russia - possibly first judgment on human scientific...
Bataliny v Russia is another notable psychiatric detention case decided during the holiday period. Besides the usual litany of unlawful detention, lack of remedies and beatings, this may be the first...
View ArticleShort statement on the publication of decision in Gherghina v. Romania case
The European Court of Human Rights published today, rather unexpectedly, the judgment in the Grand Chamber case Gherghina v Romania, in which I represented the applicant, concerning the lack of...
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Analiza critica a proiectului de lege "privind infiintarea mecanismelor...
Centrul de Resurse Juridice (CRJ) sprijina un proiect de lege “privind infiintarea mecanismelor prevazute de Conventia privind drepturile persoanelor cu dizabilitati” (“proiectul de lege”) aflat pe...
View ArticleECtHR transgender rights complaint v. Romania/ Plangere la CEDO impotriva...
Finished and sent last gasp application against Romania to the European Court of Human Rights, on behalf of a transgender person complaining about the absence of adequate procedures for legal gender...
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