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Discrimination in Latvia
As Latvia is struggling with a governmental and economic crisis, last week bad news also came from Strasbourg for the Baltic country: in the case of Andrejeva v. Latvia, the Grand Chamber found violations of Article 14 in conjunction with Article 1…
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Complaining Online
Taking your claim to Strasbourg has now become even easier, that is, if the complaint is directed against either the Netherlands or Sweden. On a trial basis the Court has launched a service through which complaints against these countries can be filled…
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The Court in Fifteen Minutes
The Court has just posted an updated version of its short documentary ‘The Conscience of Europe’. The film is meant for the general public, but I would also recommend it as a teaching tool in classes on introductions to human rights. It…
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Two Grand Chamber Judgments Today
Today the Grand Chamber of the Court issued two judgments. The first was the Turkish case of Kozacioğlu in which the Grand Chamber unanimously found a violation of Article 1 of Protocol 1 ECHR (peaceful enjoyment of property). That cleared the skies…
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Elected Once More
This week the Danish judge Peer Lorenzen was re-elected by his peers (what’s in a name!) as president of one of the Court’s fifth section. Judge Lorenzen has been around for a long time inm Strasbourg; previously, he served in the European…
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The Non-Legal Approach to the ECHR
Allow me to point your attention to the International Courts Data site, made by Erik Voeten of Georgetown University. A portal of information on international and regional courts from a political sciences perspective. The site has a special page devoted to the…
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Article on Procedural ECHR Aspects and Legitimacy
Two of my former colleagues, Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik of Leiden University, have just made available online their contribution to the book: Huls, Adams & Bomhoff (eds.), The Legitimacy of Highest Court Rulings (TMC Asser Press, the Hague 2009). Their…
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Judges Who Are Too Talkative
It happens around the world that politicians comment on ongoing court cases. Rightly so, this is very often condemned as being detrimental to good and fair judicial proceedings, especially in the public perception. A fortiori, one would say, judges themselves should not…
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Women on Waves
Yesterday, the Court issued its judgment in the case of Women on Waves and others v. Portugal and found a violation of Article 10 ECHR (freedom fo expression). The applicants were three NGOs: a Dutch one (owning a boat on which they…
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Costa’s Views on the Court
As announced, the Court formally opened its judicial year last Friday – a very special occasion, since the Court exists fifty years. Thus, it provided the oppportunity for the Court’s president, Jean-Paul Costa, to look back in his speech at what the…
