Month: March 2026
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New Book on EU Fundamental Rights in ECtHR Case-Law
Victor David (KU Leuven) has published the book EU Fundamental Rights as a Special Source for the European Court of Human Rights. Doing the opposite of many studies in this field, it looks at the influence of EU fundamental rights law on the case-law of
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New Podcast Episode ‘Lawyering Before the ECtHR’
The ‘Between Heat and Hope’ Podcast just released its new episode entitled ‘Lawyering Before the European Court of Human Rights‘. In the episode, Veronika Fikfak (University College London) shares her experience with human rights litigation before the ECtHR and the ‘European Human Rights Bar’. Special
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The ECHR’s Procrustean bed: A final call for perspective in the Chișinău process
By Alice Donald and Andrew Forde In Greek mythology, Procrustes made visitors fit his bed by either stretching them or cutting off their legs. Sure, they would “fit” the bed, but at what cost? Applying an arbitrary approach to a complex problem and ignoring the
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our newest selection of academic readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Tobias Mortier, ‘The four horsemen of illegitimacy? Unveiling the ECtHR’s interpretation of its legitimate aim requirement through a comparative categorization of illegitimate aims’, Human
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New Book on Legal Mobilization of Workers before the ECtHR
Filiz Kahraman (University of Toronto) has just published a new book entitled ‘Labor in Hard Times: Workers’ Legal Mobilization at the European Court of Human Rights‘. It discusses workers’ turn to human rights litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and the impact of this