Month: October 2009
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Conference on ECHR and (International) Criminal Law
On 19 and 20 February 2010 the University of Geneva is organising a conference on the influence of the ECHR on (international) criminal law. The conference will largely be in French. This is the programme: Si le droit international des droits de l’homme peut justifier
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Article on Structure of Fundamental Rights and ECHR
Two former colleagues of mine at Leiden University, Janneke Gerards and Hanneke Senden, have written a clear analysis of the Court’s sometimes not very precise reasoning in distinguishing between the definition of the scope of rights and the examination of the justification for interferences of
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Laundry and the Scope of Article 6
When in 1985, a Maltese woman was hanging some laundry from her window above the courtyard of her downstairs neighbour, she would never have guessed that the ensuing dispute would lead – years after her death – to a judgment by the Grand Chamber in
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New Issue of Human Rights Law Review
The newest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (volume 9, No. 3, 2009) includes three articles which deal with ECHR matters. The first is by professor Wojciech Sadurski and is entitled ‘Partnering with Strasbourg: Constitutionalisation of the European Court of Human Rights, the Accession
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Human Rights Conference in Newcastle
It’s still some months away, but the University of Newcastle is organising a conference on 23 January 2010 entitled ‘Human Rights – A Drop of Liberation or Fig Leaf of Legitimation?’, which will partly be devoted to ECHR-related issues. Here is the announcement: Confirmed Speakers:*
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Satire and the Freedom of Expression
This is a picture of a carnival parade in which US president Barack Obama is shown with wings carrying the text of his campaign phrase “Yes we can”, to which the figure Europa is clinging with the text “We too”. Benevolent humour with a clear
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Bringing Rights Home
At a round table discussion held in Bled in Slovenia on 21-22 September, the Court’s registrar gave his views on how the Court could deal with repetitive cases pending further reforms. Although these are his personal views, they do give a good insight in the
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Hunger Strike and Interim Measures
The EU Observer reports today about a hunger strike in Romania, related to the massacres which took place in 1989 during the chaotic days of the fall of the Ceaucescu regime. Teodor Maries, the head of an organisation of family of victims of those days,
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HRW Report on Russia and ECHR
The NGO Human Rights Watch has published a report on Russia’s implementation of Strasbourg judgments relating to Chechnya: “Who Will Tell Me What Happened to My Son?”. The report investigates a number of cases in which the European Court found violations of the Convention and
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New Issue EJML on ECHR and Migration Law
The newest issue of the European Journal of Migration and Law (Vol. 11-3, 2009) is almost entirely dedicated to the European Convention on Human Rights. These are the contents: * The European Court of Human Rights and Immigration: Limits and Possibilities, pp. 199-204(6), Authors: Battjes,