Month: March 2014
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New ECHR Publications
Please find below a new update of articles and books related to the European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights. Enjoy reading! * The newest issue of the Heidelberg Journal of International Law (Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht and Völkerrecht), vol. 74, no. 1 (2014) includes:
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Liber Amicorum Leo Zwaak – ECHR Contributions
The Liber Amicorum for my dear colleague Leo Zwaak has just been published. Many will know Leo as one of the great experts on the ECHR who has taught generations of students and practitioners about the European Convention system. It may therefore not come as a
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Ukraine – Russia Inter-State Application Guest Post
It is my pleasure to present a guest post by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou of the University of Surrey on the inter-state application lodged by Ukraine against Russia earlier this month and, more specifically, on the interim measures the Court indicated as a reaction to the rapidly unfolding
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Conference on Long-Term Future of European Court
On 7 and 8 April the University of Oslo is organising a conference entitled ‘The long-term future of the European Court of Human Rights’. Participation is by invitation only, but on the conference information page one can find contact info to show interest in participating. The
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Speech of Court President Spielmann
Recently, the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Dean Spielmann, held a speech in the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany. The speech, entitled ‘Menschenrechte in Europa – Beiwerk oder Basis?’ is now available on the Court’s website. The speech, in German, goes into the significance of
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New ECHR Readings
After a wonderful conference in snowy Iceland, I am back in Utrecht with an update of relevant new ECHR-related literature. The newest few issues of the European Human Rights Law Review include a number of articles on the ECHR. In no. 6 of 2013: *