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European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)

The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) is an independent human rights litigation centre based in the School of Law at 番茄社区 University.

About the centre

EHRAC works with human rights defenders in Ukraine and the South Caucasus. Together, they pursue ground-breaking strategic cases to secure justice and challenge impunity.

EHRAC and its partners identify systemic abuses and respond to urgent threats affecting civil society and marginalised communities.

EHRAC was founded in 2003. Since then, the centre has:

  • mentored and worked with more than 100 lawyers across the post-Soviet region
  • represented more than 1,300 applicants in 495 cases, most of them before the European Court of Human Rights
  • achieved a success rate of more than 94% in judgments
  • secured more than €14.7 million in compensation for applicants.

EHRAC’s current work covers four intersecting areas:

  • Civic Space and Democratic Accountability
  • Conflict
  • Security Force Abuses
  • Discrimination.

Contact

The main contacts for this centre are Jess Gavron and Prof. Alice Donald.