Year: 2010
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Procedure for Electing Judges at the Court
The secretariat of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly has issued a document on the ‘Procedure for Electing Judges to the European Court of Human Rights’. It is a handy summary of all the rules and developments on the…
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Judgment on Non-Religious Education in Poland
Human rights in classrooms – it seems to be a topic of increasing popularity (or concern) in Strasbourg these days. Yesterday, the Court issued its judgment in the case of Grzelak v. Poland. The case concerned a Polish boy who refused to attend reilgious education…
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Article on Right to Individual Petition
Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen of the University of Aarhus has just posted ‘The Evolution of the Right of Individuals to Seise the European Court of Human Rights’ (forthcoming in the Journal of the History of International Law) on SSRN. This is the abstract: In at least two…
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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…