Month: March 2012
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NGO Letter and Comments on Brighton Reform Proposals
A group of leading human rights NGOs is calling for more transparency and civil society involvement in the Court’s reform process. The group, consisting of Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, the International Commission of
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NGO Statement on European Court Reforms
The Open Society Justice Initiative has put a joint statement of a large number of NGOs online. The text reflects the concerns about the current reforms process of the ECHR. Amongst others it warns against greater latitude for governments to avoid their human rights obligations
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Article on Margin of Appreciation by Judge Spielmann
Judge Dean Spielman, one of the section presidents at the European Court of Human Rights, has written a working paper in the series of the Centre for European Legal Studies of the University of Cambridge. It deals with the issue of the margin of appreciation,
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Liber Amicorum Peter Leuprecht
A Liber Amicorum in honour of Peter Leuprecht, one of the grand old men of the Council of Europe, has been published with Bruylant (featuring his trademark bow tie on the cover). During his long career he was, amongst many other positions, director of the
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New ECHR Factsheets
A number of new or updated factsheets about the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights have been released in the past two months by the Registry of the Court. These relate to the following themes: * European Union* Collective expulsions* Data protection* Detention