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First Anniversary
Dear readers, today this blog celebrates its first anniversary. After almost 150 posts and over 45,000 page views, I am very happy that so many academics and practitioners interested in the protection of human rights in Europe have found their way to…
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Paper on Judicial Borrowing and the ECtHR
Erik Voeten, of the University of Georgetown, has posted a working paper entitled ‘Borrowing and Non-Borrowing among International Courts’ on SSRN. This is the abstract: Why do some international courts and judges extensively cite decisions from other courts whereas others do not?…
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Two Free Articles from HRLR
Dear readers, the publisher of the Human Rights Law Review has been so kind to make two recent ECHR-related articles from the Review freely available for all readers of this blog. The articles, both previously featured on this blog, are: – Robin…
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DNA Test to Establish Who the Father Is
Mater semper certa est, is an old Roman-law principle. But what about the father? That was at stake in a recent Russian case in which the Court rendered judgment last week: Kalacheva v. Russia (Appl.no. 3451/05). In 2003, the applicant had given…
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Libel Amongst Politicians During Campaign
Political campaigns are almost never the highlight of civility and politeness, in any country. A recent case of the Court, Karakó v. Hungary (Appl.no. 39311/05), concerns the accusation of libel by one politician against another during an electoral campaign. Please find below…
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New Articles in EHRLR
The newest issue of the European Human Rights Law Review contains several ECHR-related articles. The first is authored by Paul Mahoney and entitled ‘A European Judicial Training Institute on Human Rights’. His plea for a new training instiute for jduges attached to…
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Protocol 14 Bis – The Interim Solution
With Protocol 14 on the reform of the ECHR mechanism still stuck in the Russian Duma, the Council of Europe has launched a new initiative to prevent the European Court from succumbing (or getting crushed) under the increasing case-load. The Committee of…
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Access to Medical Information
Access to information seems to be one of the themes of the month in Strasbourg. After a judgment against Hungary earlier in April, the Court yesterday issued its judgment in the case of K.H. and others v. Slovakia (24 April, Appl.No. 32881/04).…
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As Bad As It Gets
The opening article of the newest issue of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly deals with the – by now -notorious and much-discussed Behrami and Saramati admissibility decision of the Court. The article, authored by Marko Milanovic and Tatjana Papic, is entitled…
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Website for the Court’s 50th Anniversary
The Court is slowly increasing the visibility of its 50th anniversary on its own website. This week a special part of the website has been specifically dedicated to it, in a user-friendly format. It is a work in progress with updates throughout…
