NGOs under European Convention on Human Rights / Tymofeyeva

A similar bodywas introduced by the agreement of two states in the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ‘EECC’). 1320 It was established by and operates pursuant to the Agreement signed in Algiers on December 12, 2000 between the Governments of the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The EECC was directed to “decide through binding arbitration all claims for loss, damage or injury by one Government against the other, and by nationals (including both natural and juridical persons) of one party against the Government of the other party or entities owned or controlled by the other party that are (a) related to the conflict that was the subject of the Framework Agreement, the Modalities for its Implementation and the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, and (b) result from violations of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions, or other violations of international law.” 1321 On August 17, 2009, the EECC awarded final damage for the fifteen partial and final awards on liability it rendered between July 1, 2003 and December 19, 2005. Both sides accepted the awards, but neither is apparently thrilled with the final results. Ethiopia ended up with more money: its final award totalled USD 174,036,520, while Eritrea received USD 161,455,000 plus an additional USD 2,065,865 for individual Eritrean claimants. 1322 This award was problematic as the EECC asserted jurisdiction to hear Ethiopia’s ius ad bellum claims. In so doing, it did not take into account the lack of express or unequivocal consent to its competence over this subject matter as an obstacle to its jurisdiction. 1323 The Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees (hereinafter referred to as the ‘CRPC’) is the main decision-making body on property rights for dispossessed people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This CRPC was established under Annex 7 of the Dayton Peace Agreement of 1995 1324 and completed its work in 2003; 1325 therefore, it no longer has an active website. Its mandate was to guarantee the rights of all those who had lost their property to be able to return or to gain compensation for their loss. 1326 Its focus was on restoring people’s rights and the rule of law for the safety and stability of the population. 1327 More than 3,000 interviews were conducted throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina to identify 1322 HOLLIS, D. Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Awards Final Damages. URL: accessed 20 July 2015. 1323 GRAY, C.The Eritrea/Ethiopia Claims Commission Oversteps Its Boundaries: a Partial Award? URL: accessed 20 July 2015. 1324 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia And Herzegovina. A/50/79C, S/1995/999. 30 November 1995. 1325 See URL: accessed 20 July 2015. 1326 Doswald-Beck, Louise and Henckaerts, JeanMarie. Customary international humanitarian law 2,2 Practice, Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 3542. 1327 See O’FLAHERTY, M. Post-war protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The Hague: Nijhoff, 1998. 1320 Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission. URL: accessed 20 July 2015. 1321 Ibid.

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