Month: June 2010
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Paper on Effective Application of ECHR and EC Law in Cyprus
Nikolas Kyriakou of the European University Institute in Florence has just posted on SSRN an article on the national implementation of European norms. The paper is entitled ‘National Judges and Supranational Laws on the Effective Application of the EC Law and the ECHR: The Case
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Court Information Note on Pilot Judgments
It may have been online for some time already, but I only just saw it and would like to bring it to your attention: the Court’s registry has drafted a short information note on the pilot judgment procedure. For more information on the pilot judgment
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Religious Oath in Court Proceedings Judgment
In Greece, witnesses and suspects in criminal proceedings are required to indicate epxlicitly if they do not want to take an oath on the Bible. This way they are forced to reveal their religious( or non-religouis) convictions. Four different people complained about this in Strasbourg
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Interventions in Crucifix Case
A few days ago, I reported this, but it seems that the information in the Maltese newspaper was not correct: As various newspapers report this week, at least ten ECHR state parties will intervene as third parties in the extremely debated case of Lautsi v.
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Paper on EU Accession to ECHR and Antitrust Law
Charlotte Leskinen of the Instituto de Empresa has just published a paper on SSRN on an economic law aspect of the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. Her working paper is entitled ‘An Evaluation of the Rights of Defense During Antitrust Inspections
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Protocol 14 Enters into Force
Today, a bit over six years after it was opened for ratifications, Protocol 14 finally entered into force. The Protocol reforms the supervisory machinery of the European Convention, rendering judicial decision-making more efficient. In addition, it introduces a new admissibility criterion: cases can be declared
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Gäfgen Grand Chamber Judgment: Threatening with Torture and Fair Trial Rights
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights just issued its keenly awaited judgment in the case of Gäfgen v. Germany today. The case centres on the fact that the applicant was threatened with torture when being questioned by the police. For the
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Three Property Rights Judgments
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights issued a number of important judgments which all evolve around the protection of property. In Sarica and Dilaver v. Turkey (available only in French), the Court held that the widespread practice in Turkey of de facto expropriation