Race as a barrier to standing for public office: the case of Sejdic and Finci

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Race as a barrier to standing for public office: the case of Sejdic and Finci

The case concerns two applicants of Jewish and Roma origin, who are barred by law from standing for election in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly and for the state presidency in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The applicants complained that, despite being fully qualified and possessing experience, they were prevented by the Constitution from standing for election for the reason of their ethnicity, which was discriminatory and breached their elective rights.

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Pride Marches in Moldova: The Case of Genderdoc

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Pride Marches in Moldova: The Case of Genderdoc

In 2005 the authorities in Chișinău, Moldova, banned a march planned by an LGBT organisation, to deliberately discourage the promotion of LGBT rights. In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights held that the ban was discriminatory and breached the right to peaceful assembly (art.11 ECHR).

The case of Genderdoc is an example of how NGOs - through engagement with national authorities and submissions to the Committee of Ministers - can ensure that proper information is provided in the implementation process, that monitoring continues while it is still needed, that adequate reforms can be adopted, and that a judgment can lead to rights in practice.

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