A free and accessible list of company registers. This can be a useful starting point for finding more information about a company.
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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Business and human rights, Public interest litigation (general),
The A4J Guide provides you with information on what should be included in witness statements, how they should be structured and formatted. This is a useful tool if you need to take a witness statement without the assistance of a lawyer.
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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The Global Administrative Law Project provides further information on possibilities that are available to hold international organisations accountable.
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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Legal references,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
UK courts held Augusto Pinochet, the ex-dictator of Chile, liable for torture committed during his rule. The court decided that individuals could not enjoy immunity for torture after they left office.
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The Italian Constitutional Court ruled that Italian courts could hear cases against Germany for WWII human rights abuses. They ruled that the right to judicial protection for human rights violations could not be sacrificed by the law of State Immunity.
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
Russia has been held liable for human rights abuses of local authorities in Transnistria, a region of Moldova under its effective control.
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Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
Nicaragua brought a case before the International Court of Justice complaining of US involvement during its civil war. It argued that the US was responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by a paramilitary group called the “Contras” because of the level of control it had over the group. Although the ICJ found […]
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Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
A complaint was brought to the UN Human Rights Committee for inhumane conditions in a detention centre in Australia that was run by a private contractor. The HRC held that the contracting out to the private sector of core State activities involving the use of force and the detention of persons does not absolve a […]
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The Inter-American Court on Human Rights held Guatemala liable for its failure to protect street children from abuse and provide for their well-being. The Court ordered Guatemala to pay compensation, establish a school for street children, and provide for their social care and security generally.
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
In the European Court on Human Rights, Kurdish villagers successfully brought a case against the Turkish government for forcefully removing them from and destroying their homes. The Court ordered Turkey to pay compensation and stop their practices of forceful eviction.
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