Year: 2016
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The Role of Human Dignity in ECHR Case-Law
Last week, I delivered a keynote speech at a multidisciplinary conference organised by the Ethics Institute here at Utrecht University. The conference was the closing event of a large project on human dignity as the foundation of human rights. My lecture went into the concept…
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Two New Judges Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Azerbaijan Mr Lətif Hüseynov was elected. And in respect of Macedonia, the assembly elected Mr Jovan Ilievski. Both have been elected for…
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PhD Workshop on the Role of the European Court of Human Rights
On the 22nd to 24th February 2017, the Research Group of Constitutional and European Law at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona will be organising a workshop entitled ‘The role of the European Court of Human Rights in the Community of Final Interpreters‘. The international workshop…
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New Video on the European Court of Human Rights
Today, the European Court of Human Rights has launched its new short film (length around 15 minutes) on its work on the website. This is what the Court itself says about this new, very improved version of its short documentary about its work: “A new…
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New Book on Positive and Negative Obligations under the ECHR
Laurens Lavrysen (Ghent University) has just published a new book on the classic concept of positive obligations under the ECHR. The book is published with Intersentia Publishers and is entitled ‘Human Rights in a Positive State. Rethinking the Relationship between Positive and Negative Obligations under…
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New Book on Parliaments and the ECHR
Alice Donald and Philip Leach of Middlesex University have published a new book on the linkages between national legislatives and the Strasbourg system: Parliaments and the European Court of Human Rights (Oxford University Press 2016). Based on years of research, it includes five country case…
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Book Launch on ECHR and Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Next month, the new book of Paul Johnson (University of York) entitled ‘Going to Strasbourg. An Oral History of Sexual Orientation Discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights‘ (Oxford University Press, just published this month), will be launched at a special event in London.…
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New ECHR Readings
More new ECHR readings, as the start of the academic and work year is nearing: The June issue of the Human Rights Law Review (Volume 16, Issue 2, 2016) includes: *Sandra Fredman, ‘Emerging from the Shadows: Substantive Equality and Article 14 of the European Convention…
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New Book on Non-Refoulement under ECHR and CAT
In this quiet Summer time, the topic of forced migration remains topical as ever. Thus, the publication of a new book on non-refoulement is very welcome. Dr Eman Hamdan (University of Geneva) has written ‘The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ECHR and the UN Convention…
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New Book on Criticism of the Court
Patricia Popelier, Sarah Lambrecht, and Koen Lemmens have just published an edited volume entitled ‘Criticism of the European Court of Human Rights. Shifting the Convention system: Counter-Dynamics and the National and EU Level.’ The book was published in Intersentia’s law and Cosmopolitan Values Series. The…