Month: February 2018
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series III
The third episode in our series on the draft Copenhagen Declaration focuses on process-based review and was written by my Utrecht colleague and SIM fellow Leonie Huijbers: The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Process-based review and subsidiarity Leonie Huijbers, PhD Candidate, Utrecht University With the publication
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series II
We continue our comment series on the draft Copenhagen Declaration with a second contribution, by dr Lize Glas of Radboud University Nijmegen, on the ‘dialogue’ aspects of the draft text: The Draft Copenhagen Declaration: ‘New Ways’ to ensure a ‘Strengthened Dialogue’? Lize R. Glas, assistant
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series I
The ever-ongoing discussions about the Strasbourg Convention system have reached a new stage with the recent publication of a controversial draft Copenhagen Declaration by the current Danish chairmanship of the Council of Europe. In a special cooperation with the Strasbourg Observers blog, this ECHR blog
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Book on Core Socio-Economic Rights and the ECHR
Dr Ingrid Leijten (Leiden University) has published a new book based on her PhD dissertation with Cambridge University Press. It is entitled Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. This is the abstract: ‘Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human
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Looking Back and Ahead for the Court
The opening of the judicial year (at the end of last month) always marks a moment of stock-taking for the European Court of Human Rights. In his main speech, the President of the Court, judge Guido Raimondi, expressed both optimism and caution. On a positive
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Reminder – Call for Papers for Workshop at the Court
A reminder about a unique opportunity for academic researchers to present their work at the European Court itself: On 21 September 2018, a group of leading academic centres in Europe, including our own Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), is co-organising a workshop at the