Urgency and Human Rights 29- 30 May 2015

Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Addressing Urgent Human Rights Situations Pending Litigation

Could the tool of interim measures be used to order states to halt cooperation with drone attack operations, protect persons against death threats, or ensure access to basic facilities for undocumented persons? In Europe the tool of interim measures is mostly used to halt expulsion and extradition. How to enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of these measures? How to assess issues such as implementation of interim measures and political pressure to limit their use? And what if urgent litigation is not a feasible option? The conference will deal with these and other pressing questions.

Among others, the conference will feature Dinah Shelton (the expert on remedies in international law and on regional human right protection), Sacha Prechal (EU judge), Philip Leach (director of EHRAC), Cees Flinterman (former member UN Human Rights Committee and CEDAW), Theo van Boven (former UN Rapporteur against Torture and Rapporteur on the Principles and Guidelines on the Right to  Remedy and Reparation).

There will be debates with representatives of important civil society organisations such as the International Commission of Jurists, Redress, Open Society Justice Initiative (the lawyer in the extraordinary rendition case Al-Nashiri v. Poland before the European Court of Human Rights) and European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC); Brian Griffey of the OSCE and Professor Philip Leach of EHRAC will discuss urgent cases in the Ukraine.

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