Month: November 2009
-
Structure of Strasbourg Judgments
Professor Robin White of the University of Leicester has published the following article on SSRN: ‘Judgments in the Strasbourg Court: Some Reflections’. This is the abstract: This essay, which will in due course appear in M Andenas and S Vogenhauer (Eds), A Matter of Style?…
-
Book on International Law and ECHR
Frédéric Vanneste, formerly at the University of Leuven and now working for the Belgian Council of State, has just published his book General International Law Before Human Rights Courts – Assessing the Specialty Claims of Human Rights Law. Although it deals with a wider issue,…
-
Cruxifix in the Classroom Judgment
Religious symbols in public places have been a bone of contention in public discussions in many places around the world. Yesterday, the European Court added its contribution in the judgment Lautsi v. Italy. (Appl.no. 30814/06). The case concerned a complaint by a mother of children…
-
Seminar on 50 years ECtHR in Athens
On Monday 9 November, the Athens Bar Association will organise a seminar entitled ‘1959-2009: 50 years since the creation of the European Court of Human Rights’. Speakers at this event include the Court’s president Jean-Paul Costa, President of the ECtHR, the Greek judge in Strasbourg…
-
ECHR Articles: Miscellaneous
Each month, our library at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights SIM, publishes online overviews of human rights articles in academic journals and yearbook – a truly helpful resource. Here are some references to ECHR-related articles in the most recent overview of some more unlikely…