Year: 2014
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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…
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HUDOC in Russian
The Court’s HUDOC case-law search engine is available since this month in the language of the Convention’s most populous state party: Russian. Part of the ever-expanding availability of ECHR information in other languages than English and French on the Court’s website, this is a new…
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My New Article in ICLQ on ECHR, Violence and Free Speech
I am very happy to announce that my article entitled ‘Dangerous Expressions: The ECHR, Violence and Free Speech’ has just been published in the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (vol. 63, April 2014, pp. 491-503). The article is part of a larger research project which…
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Failures to Comply with Interim Measures
There are still serious and worrying failures of state parties to the Convention to comply with interim measures indicated by the Court under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. This was the message coming from the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of…
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New ECHR Readings
The newest issue of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 25, issue 1, 2014) includes a symposium on human rights implementation in Europe: * Dia Anagnostou and Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, ‘Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Judgments in Europe: Legal Infrastructure and Government Effectiveness Matter’…
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René Cassin Competition 2014
Later this week, on 10 and 11 April, the 29th edition of the French-language moot court competition René Cassin will be held at the premises of the Court. It consists of mock legal proceedings in an imaginary case related to the European Convention. Sixteen university…