A.W.R.A.P. v Denmark

Communication No. 37/2006 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The petitioner argued that the decision not to prosecute a member of the Danish People’s Party for comments made against Muslims violated, inter alia, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Committee […]

P.S.N. v Denmark

Communication No. 36/2006 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  The petitioner argued that the decision not to prosecute a member of the Danish People’s Party for comments made against Muslims violated, inter alia, Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Committee […]

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 […]

Kirill Nepomnyashchiy v Russia

Communication No. 2318/2013 UN Human Rights Committee The author, an LGBTQ activist put up a poster which read “Homosexuality is a healthy form of sexuality This should be known by children and adults!” and displayed it near the entrance to a children’s library. He was fined for propaganda of homosexuality among minors. The Human Rights […]

Fedotova v Russia

Communication No. 1932/2010 UN Human Rights Committee   The author, an LGBTQ activist, displayed posters that “Homosexuality is normal” and “I am proud of my homosexuality” near a secondary school. She was fined for propaganda of homosexuality among minors. The Human Rights Committee found a violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil […]

Ross v Canada

Communication No. 736/1997 UN Human Rights Committee The applicant, a school teacher, argued that sanctions taken by his school against him for allegedly anti-Semitic speech were a violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee found the author’s statement to raise or strengthen anti-Semitic feelings and therefore found […]

Andersen v Denmark

Communication No. 1868/2009 UN Human Rights Committee The author argued that the  decision of Denmark not to prosecute the leader of the Danish People’s Party who compared the Muslim headscarf to the Nazi swastika constituted a violation of Article 20(2) ICCPR. The Human Rights Committee found that the author failed to demonstrate that she was […]

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 […]