Year: 2012
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Anti-Gay Speech Judgment
In the recent case of Vejdeland and others v Sweden the Court for the first time issued a ruling on offensive speech in relation to sexual orientation. The case centered on the conviction of four men who had entered a secondary school and circa 100…
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New Documents on Selection of Judges and Reform Measures Requiring ECHR Amendments
Two important documents of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH), where much of the preparations for reforms happen, have been put online. The first are ‘Draft Committee of Ministers’ Guidelines on the selection of candidates for the post of judge at…
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Paper on Compliance with ECtHR Judgments
Andreas Von Staden of the Department of Political Science of the University of St. Gallen has posted a paper on SSRN on conmpliance with the European Court’s rulings, entitled ‘Rational Choice within Normative Constraints: Compliance by Liberal Democracies with the Judgments of the European Court…
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Seminar in London on the European Court
Next week, on Wednesday 22 February a seminar on the European Court of Human Rights will be organised at Europe House, Smith Square, Westminster in London. The seminar is entitled ‘Some issues around Reform of the European Court of Human Rights’. This is the programme:…
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US Supreme Court and ECtHR Judges will meet in Washington DC
The US Department of State and George Washington University Law School are jointly organising a high-level conference in which several US Supreme Court justices will speak and discuss with several European Court of Human Rights Judges. The conference is entitled ‘Judicial Process and the Protection…
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Speeches of Bratza and Hammarberg
I did not link to them yet, but at the opening of the judicial year in Strasbourg both the Court’s President, Sir Nicolas Bratza, and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, both delivered speeches. Bratza for the first and…
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New Publications on the ECHR
Again, a number of new academic publications relating to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Court in Strasbourg. For a fuller overview of recent articles on human rights, from which this is just an ECHR-related excerpt, please consult the very useful monthly Online…
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Video on Admissibility Criteria
In its continuing quest to better inform citizens of the possibilities and limits of the European human rights protection system, the Court has launched yet a new tool: a short youtube movie which in about three minutes – and with the generous support of the…
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The Court’s Annual Report 2011
Today, at the opening of the judicial year in Strasbourg, the Annual Report and an overview of facts and figures for 2011 were presented. This includes a table of violations (by country). It reveals that the top five of countries against which judgments were issued…
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Once in a Generation?
Yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom – which is currently chairing the UK – addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The main part of the speech concerned the European Court of Human Rights. Cameron packed his by now well-known…