Refusal to register Macedonian association

Refusal to register Macedonian association

United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Others group v Bulgaria (Appl. No. 59491/00)

Briefed on: 15 September 2023 and 24 May 2017

The cases concern the unjustified refusals of the courts to register an association aiming at achieving "the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria".

Briefed on September 15, 2023 and May 2017

Documents from the September 2023 briefing

Documents from the May 2017 briefing

  • Memo by Krassimir Kanev, Chairperson of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

  • Case summary by the Council of Europe's Department for the Execution of Judgments

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