Month: May 2019
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First Infringement Proceedings Judgment of the European Court : Ilgar Mammadov v Azerbaijan
It is a season of firsts for the European Court of Human Rights. After its first Advisory Opinion under Protocol 16 last month, about which I reported earlier, this week the Grand Chamber has handed down its first judgment re infringement proceedings: Ilgar Mammadov v
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New ECHR Articles in June Issue of NQHR
The second issue of our Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR) of this year is now online. It includes two articles on the European Convention on Human Rights: * Noëlle Quénivet, ‘The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an
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New Book on the ECHR and Military Operations
Stuart Wallace of the University of Cambridge has published a new book on ‘The Application of the European Convention on Human Rights to Military Operations‘ with Cambridge University Press. The book gives a systematic overview of the key discussions on the topic in the past
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Summer School on Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe
As every year, the University of Bologna, King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg are co-organising a summer school on “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe” from 23-28 June. The 19th edition of this long-running course is hosted again in the Castle of
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Analysis: The Strasbourg Court’s First Advisory Opinion under Protocol 16
On 10 April, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down its first advisory opinion on a substantive issue under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a competence given to the Court under Protocol 16 to the Convention. The opinion, delivered upon