Month: February 2014
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European Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The second edition of the European Moot Court Competition on the ECHR is organised this week in Strasbourg, at the Court, by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). The case on which this year’s Moot Court is based, an interesting and at times humoristic read in
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New ECHR Readings
A number of new readings and reports have been published on the European Court and the European Convention recently. To mention a few relevant ones: The newest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 14, no. 1, 2014) includes: * Dirk van
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Shaping Rights in the ECHR Book
Eva Brems and Janneke Gerards, esteemed colleagues from Ghent University in Belgium and Radboud University in the Netherlands respectively, have edited a new book on the scope of fundamental rights, entitled ‘Shaping Rights in the ECHR. The Role of the European Court of Human Rights
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Creative Ideas on the Future of the Court
Two months ago the Council of Europe launched an open call and invited contributions on the reform and future of the European Convention of Human Rights system. A large number of creative ideas were submitted by an equally wide range of NGOs, academic and individuals.
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Guest Post on Grand Chamber Judgment in O’Keeffe v Ireland
I am happy to introduce a new guest post by professor Renáta Uitz of Central European University in Budapest, who has earlier contributed to this blog, this time on the recent Grand Chamber judgment in O’Keeffe v Ireland, dealing with victims of sexual assault in
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Video on Execution of the Court’s Judgments
A short and simple video has been made by the Council of Europe explaining in plain terms how the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights are executed and how the Committee of Ministers’ supervises this. Apart from English, the video is also available in
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Court Statistics over 2013 and Other Strasbourg News
Last week the Judicial Year 2014 officially started in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights. In what has become an anuual tradiiton, the Court’s President, Dean Spielmann looked back at the past year, highlighting the most important developments. The most remarkable aspect is
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Seminar on Sexual Orientation and the ECHR
On Friday 16th May 2014 the University of York is organising a one-day seminar on “Sexual Orientation and the European Convention on Human Rights: Voices and Perspectives”. The seminar will be hosted at Heslington by the Department of Sociology and will explore and discuss sexual orientation
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Briefing Paper on Allocating Responsibility in Context of EU Accession to the ECHR
Maarten den Heijer and André Nollkaemper of the University of Amsterdam have written a briefing paper, following an expert seminar last October, on the issue of ‘A New Framework for Allocating International Responsibility: the EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights’, where I was