“There are still numerous areas where violations of human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people take place because of their sexual orientation,” said Heinrich Haupt. “Germany is proud to contribute to this project.”
The Filtering Section centralises the management of cases from Russia, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and Poland – the five countries against which most applications are lodged with the court.
In a letter of condolence to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Jagland condemns “another terrorist attack against your colleagues striving to protect and promote peace, security and social and economic development of the local population.”
The case concerns the refusal to grant several requests for temporary leave of absence lodged by a detainee and the proceedings by which he complained about those decisions.
“The project is not for young people but it is with young people,” says Alberto. “The idea is to collaborate to resolve a problem about the European social contract, where one person out of five doesn’t work or study and is without training.”
