Court Cases

Armenia

Vahan Bayatyan

Vahan Bayatyan v. Armenia, European Court of Human Rights

Chamber judgment of 27 October 2009: "Case of Bayatyan v. Armenia (Application no. 23459/03): Judgment," (new window). Chamber judgment as a PDF document (new window). See "The European Court of Human Rights: Out of Step on Conscientious Objection" (new window), by Derek Brett, CPTI UN Representative, on the Forum 18 Web site (19 November 2009).

Leave has now been granted to appeal to the Grand Chamber. The appeal is pending. CPTI, together with four other nongovernmental organizations in consultative status with the United Nations, successfully applied to the Court for permission to submit an amicus brief: "Written Comments Submitted by Amnesty International, Con­science and Peace Tax International, Friends World Com­mit­tee for Consultation (Quakers), International Com­mis­sion of Jurists, and War Resisters' International, Pursuant to Article 36 § 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of the Court" (PDF, new window), 15 July 2010.

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USA

Daniel Taylor Jenkins

United States Tax Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Supreme Court

Rosa Covington Packard

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • The Amicus Brief of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Support of Rosa C. Packard before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Supreme Court

  • The Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the case of Rosa Covington Packard, Petitionerv. United States of America, Respondent
  • Petitioner's Reply to Brief in Opposition in the case of Rosa Covington Packard, Petitioner, v. United States of America, Respondent
  • The Amicus Brief of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Support of Rosa C. Packard before the Supreme Court of the United States

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