Month: May 2014
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Report on Reinforcing the Court’s Independence
Rapporteur Boriss Cilevičs, a member of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly from Latvia, has written a report aimed to support and further strengthen the independence of the European Court of Human Rights. The report reads, in its first part, as a concise introduction to the theme
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Book on Legitimate Expectations and the ECHR
Maya Sigron has written a monograph on the concept of legitimate expectations under the right to property. The book, entitled “Legitimate Expectations Under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights” has been published with Intersentia. This is the abstract:
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Court Reform Compilation Document
The Council of Europe has compiled a large document of over 500 pages which reflects the ongoing reform efforts regarding the European Court of Human Rights of the last few years. It is entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights : Interlaken,İzmir, Brighton and beyond.
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Summer School on European Human Rights
The Center for European Law of the University of Bologna, in cooperation with King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg are organising their XIVth joint edition of the Summer School on the protection of fundamental rights in Europe. The Summer School, to be held
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ECHR Guide for Lawyers
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has published a special guide entitled ‘The European Court of Human Rights – Questions and Answers for Lawyers’ online. The small booklet can be seen as a very practical, albeit also quite basic (it includes
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Conference: Fundamental Rights in Europe – A Matter for Two Courts
On Friday 13 June, Oxford Brookes University and the Council of Europe are organising a conference in Strasbourg entitled ‘Fundamental Rights in Europe: A Matter for Two Courts’. The event is meant to discuss and disseminate the research emerging from two projects. First, a study