Month: December 2010
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Protection Against Domestic Violence Extended
This week, the European Court of Human Rights re-emphasized state obligations to protect victims of domestic violence in the case of Hajduová v. Slovakia. The case concerned a mother who had been verbally and physcially attacked by her husband – attacks which included death threats.
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PhD Workshop on Legacy and Future of ECHR
The School of Law of University College Dublin is organising a workshop entitled ‘The Legacy and Future of the ECHR: Evaluating Sixty Years of the European Human Rights Project’ on 1-2 April 2011. Although it is primarily intended for PhD researchers, other (young) researchers are