Our Cases

Strategic litigation is a major focus of our work. It involves identifying and pursuing cases on critical human rights issues which if successful are likely to have a high impact at the national, regional or international level. Successful litigation can establish important legal precedents or effect changes in legislation, policy or practice. It can also positively influence public opinion.

A decision whether to work on an individual case is taken after considering established case selection criteria. In addition to reviewing the potential impact of a piece of litigation, we assess our own resources and expertise in order to determine if we can bring real added value to the case. And given that there are number of a differing ways in which we can support a case from simply providing advice, to co-representing applicants in partnership with local lawyers or intervening on issues of public interest as a third party or amicus curiae we also need to review how best we can become involved. Sometimes there are potential negative effects to consider. How likely are we to win a case? What would the impact be of a negative decision? Could a successful decision have negative consequences, for example by causing a public backlash against the very people we are acting to defend?

Below you will find information on cases which INTERIGHTS has been involved with. Given the sensitive nature of our work, we are unable to identify all of the cases we are involved in.

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Forum All forums African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ECOWAS Community Court of Justice European Committee of Social Rights European Court of Human Rights House of Lords, United Kingdom Inter-American Court of Human Rights Supreme Court (Israel) Supreme Court (USA)

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Keyword All keywords Academic Freedom Access to Justice Accountability & Impunity Arbitrary Strip Searches Assembly Association Bans and restrictions on assisted reproduction techniques Children Community Living Conscience Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Culture Death Penalty Deportation Deprivation of Liberty Detention Dignity Disability Discrimination Domestic Violence Due Process Education Emergency Powers Enforced Disappearance Equality Equity Eviction Expression Extra-territorial Applicability Extra-territorial Applicability of Human Rights Law Extra-territorial Jurisdiction Extradition Extraordinary Rendition Failure to Investigate Fair Hearing Family Life Freedom from Discrimination Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion Gender Based Violence Gender Identity Gender Issues Guarantees Health HIV Homophobic ill-treatment Housing ill-treatment Immigration Indigenous People Information Informed Consent Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Internal Relocation International and Regional Procedures International Criminal Law International Standards Interpretation Judicial Independence Judicial Reform Justice Justiciability Language LGBT Liberty & Security Life Litigation Marriage Migrant Domestic Workers Minorities Movement National Courts Nationality Non-refoulement Political Participation Positive Obligations post-electoral violence Post-Electoral Violence Privacy Private Life Procedure Property Rape Refugees Religion Remedies Reproductive Rights Reproductive Rights Reputation Retrospective Penalties Right to Eductaion Right to Life Right to Private and Family Life Right to Property Rule of Law Secondary Victimisation Secret Detention Separation of Powers Sex Sexual Orientation Sexual Violence Shelter Slavery Social Security Solitary Confinement State Immunity State's Obligations Sterillisation Strategic Litigation Suicide Torture Trafficking Unlawful Detention Violent Suppression of Protests Vulnerability Women Work

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