Quereshi v Denmark

Communication No. 22/2003 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The petitioner, a member of Denmark’s parliament at the material time argued that Denmark had violated, amongst others, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination for not proceeding with the conviction of some […]

Vassilari et al v Greece

Communication No. 1570/2007 UN Human Rights Committee The authors complained about a letter to the University of Patras regarding the removal of a Roma settlement. The Court found that the letter did not violate the domestic anti-racist law. The Human Rights Committee found that the authors did not sufficiently substantiate facts and therefore found the […]

Rabbae, A.B.S and N.A v The Netherlands

Communication No. 2124/2011 UN Human Rights Committee Between 2006 and 2009, the police received hundreds of reports from individuals and organizations concerning insults and incitement to discrimination, violence and hatred by Geert Wilders, a Member of Parliament and the founder of the Party for Freedom. The court acquitted Wilders and the authors held that this […]