Amicus Curiae Briefs in Janowiec and Others v. Russia

Abstract

On 16 April 2012 the European Court of Human Rights rendered its judgment in the case of Janowiec and Others v. Russia (nos. 55508/07 and 29520/09). The case related to the Katyń massacre, perpetrated in 1940 by the Soviet Union based on a decision of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party, the highest State organ at that time.

The document contains the following submissions made in the course of the above proceeding:

a) request for referral;

b) amicus curiae brief by Amnesty International (London);

c) joint amicus curiae brief by Human Rights Centre “Memorial” (Moscow), European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (London) and Essex Transitional Justice Network, School of Law, University of Essex, UK;

d) amicus curiae brief by Open Society Justice Initiative (New York);

e) amicus curiae brief by Public International Law & Policy Group (the Hague).

Keywords: Katyn, ECtHR, European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Janowiec, war crime

JEL Classification: K33