Month: January 2016
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Book on Procedural Dialogue in the ECHR System
Earlier this week I had the privilege to participate as one of the external examiners in the public defense of the PhD of Lize Glas at Nijmegen University. She has written a very structured, clear, and thorough study on ‘The Theory, Potential and Practice of
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Report on Impact of ECHR at National Level
The Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has prepared an overview document dealing with positive examples of impact of the European Convention within States Parties. The report, entitled ‘Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in States Parties:
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Book on Domestic Application of the ECHR
Eirik Bjorge of Oxford University has published Domestic Application of the ECHR. Courts as Faithful Trustees with Oxford University Press. This is the book’s abstract: Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the
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Recent ECHR Readings
Some more ECHR readings: the most recent issue of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 15, no. 4, December 2015) includes: * Natasa Mavronicola, ‘Crime, Punishment and Article 3 ECHR: Puzzles and Prospects of Applying an Absolute Right in a Penal Context’ * Matthew Saul,
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Happy New Year and New ECHR Readings
A very good 2016 to all the readers of this blog – may it be one in which human rights will be better respected than last year! As a start for the new year, please find below a list of newly selected readings related to