Month: November 2009
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New Human Rights Articles in French
The newest issue of the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme is out (No. 80, 2009). For those readers who are fluent in French: it contains a whole number of ECHR-related articles, dealing with a wide range of issues including jurisdiction, freedom of expression, the
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PACE Rapporteur Visits Italy on ECHR Implementation
Earlier this week, Christos Pourgourides , rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, visited Italy. In his talks with government officials he specifically addressed an issue all too familiar
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Article on ECJ and ECtHR
The newest issue of the journal Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (volume 8, no. 3) includes an article by Tobias Lock of University College Lodnen. It’s entitled ‘The ECJ and the ECtHR: The Future Relationship between the Two European Courts’. Here is
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Article on ECtHR and Comparative Law
Monika Ambrus, a colleague within the Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, based at Erasmus University Rotterdam, has posted ‘Comparative Law Method in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the Light of the Rule of Law’ on SSRN. The article has
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Saving the Court and Strengthening Human Rights – NGO Input for the Interlaken Process
Last week I attended a roundtable in London on the future of the European Court of Human Rights. It was jointly organised by a group of the main London-based human rights NGOs: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the AIRE Centre, Interights, International Commission of Jurists,
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De Facto Moratorium on Extraditions to Kazakhstan
Today the Court issued its judgment in the case of Kaboulov v. Ukraine (Appl. no. 41015/04) which in effect imposes a moratorium on extraditions to Kazakhstan on all ECHR state parties, unless credible assurances of safety would be offered by Kazakhstan. The applicant is a
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New Articles on ECHR
The newest issue of the European Human Rights Law Review has been published (no. 5 of 2009). It includes several ECHR-related contributions: * James A. Goldston, Achievements and Challenges—Insights from the Strasbourg Experience for Other International CourtsDiscusses aspects of the procedure and practice of the
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(Re-)Election of Judges
Yesterday, the Court re-elected Jean-Paul Costa as its president for a period of three years. On the same day the British judge Bratza was re-elected as one of the two vice-presidents of the Court, also for three years (the other vice-president is Christos Rozakis). Finally,
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Concerns on Cooperation Duty of States
The Committee of Ministers has replied to a recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly concering the duty of states to co-operate with the European Court. As readers will read below, this reaction is rather non-committal in spite of its explicit support for the Assembly’s stance. This
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PACE : EU Accession to ECHR a Priority
The Lisbon Treaty which will reform the European Union will, after the final signature of the Czech president, enter into force in December. One of the innovations is the possibility for the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights. Lluís Maria de