Human Rights Law Journal

Issue: 19, 5-7

Articles

• Report on the 1997 sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights  169 - 195
  Murray, Rachel

Decisions and Reports - Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACourtHR), San Jose

• Death of Jean-Paul Genie Lacayo allegedly caused by General Ortega's escort/ Authorities' obstruction of the judicial investigatio and unwarranted delay in the process violate Art. 8 ACHR / Nicaragua ordered to pay 20,000 US$ to the victim's father  186 - 196
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• Request for revision of the Genie Lacay judgment dismissed / Relevance of "new facts" or of a "continuing situation of violation of the rights enshrined in the ACHR"  197 - 203
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• Unlawful deprivation of liberty since 1993 / Alleged collaborator of the subversive group "Shining Path" tried under the military and the civil court systems / Peru ordered to release the applicant and to pay compensation / Loayza Tamayo Case  203 - 219
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• Practice of the Security Forces in Peru to carry out forced disappearances / Ernest Rafael Castillo Páez disappeared in 1991 / Peru ordered to compensate the victim's next-of-kin  219 - 229
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• Unlawful deprivation of liberty, including I.a. 36 days of incommunicado detention, and denial of habeas corpus procedure for more than 14 months / Ecuador ordered to determine persons responsible / Suárez Rosero Case  229 - 241
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• Exceptional preconditions required to review or amend a report already adopted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights / Advisory Opinion OC-15/97  241 - 254
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Decisions and Reports - European Court of Human Rights (EurCourtHR), Strasbourg

• Employer's disagreement with collective bargaining system / Request for revision of the Court's judgment dismissed / Gustafsson v. Sweden  254 - 260
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• Just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage in the amount of 405,000 £ awarded / Denial of access to property in northern Cyprus / Loizidou v. Turkey  260 - 265
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Documentation

• Council of Europe, Strasbourg - New full-time Euroepan Court of Human Rights replaces Commission, Court and Committee of Ministers as part-time judicial bodies / Protocol No. 11 in force since 1 November 1998  266 - 267
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• Short commentary on the Rules of Court: Some of the main points  267 - 269
  Mahoney, Paul
• EurCourtHR - Rules of Court  269 - 282
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• European Convention on Nationality / Text and Explanatory Report  282 - 297
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Pending Proceedings

• European Commission of Human Rights (EurCommHR), Strasbourg - Withdrawal from a political party after 2 years' membership in Parliament / Existence of a letter of resignation, signed undated in 1994, used in 1996 against the declared will of the applicant  298 - 300
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