Year: 2014
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Conference on UK and European Human Rights
The University of Leicester is organising a two-day conference on the issue of ‘The UK and European Human Rights – A Strained Relationship?’ on 23 and 24 May. The conference is convened by Dr Loveday Hodson, Professor Liz Wicks and Professor Katja Ziegler. The full programme…
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Guest Post on Biao v Denmark
I am very happy to introduce a guest post by my SIM colleague dr Alexandra Timmer. She has written a commentary on the recent judgment in Biao v. Denmark which concerns family reunification and discrimination issues. This is her guest post: Divided Opinions in…
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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: *…
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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…