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Christmas Break
This blog and its blogger are going on a Christmas break. I wish all readers a very good and relaxing holiday season with hopefully many opportunities to be together with loved ones and to dream of a Europe and a world in…
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Conference on Shifting Centres of Gravity in European Human Rights Protection
I am happy to announce a conference that the University of Iceland Human Rights Institute is organising on 6 and 7 March 2014 in Reyjkjavik. The conference, entitled ‘Shifting Centres of Gravity in European Human Rights Protection’ is organised by esteemed colleague…
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X v Latvia Child Abduction Grand Chamber Judgment
A few weeks ago, the Grand Chamber issued its judgment in the case of X. v Latvia (appl.no 27853/09) on child abduction by one of the parents. The judgment relates amongst other to the “best interests of the child”. I am happy…
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Al-Dulimi UN Sanctions Judgment
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post by my colleague here at SIM, dr Stephan Hollenberg, on the recent case of Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inc v Switzerland, which focuses on UN sanctions. Stephan defended his PhD last year on…
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Stricter Rules for Lodging Complaints at the European Court
Even long before a future entry into force of Protocol 15 to the ECHR which will render the time limits of applying to the Court shorter, changes are around the corner: as of 1 January 2014 a new rule 47 of the…
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René Cassin Competition 2014
The newest edition of the René Cassin Human Rights Moot Court has been launched. The French-language competition will take place at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 10 and 11 April 2014. The time schedule, including deadlines for participation,…
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New ECHR Readings
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New ECHR Readings and Comments
A large number of recent articles and ECHR case comments have been put online in the past few weeks. Please find an overview here: Normal 0 21 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;…
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New Book on ECHR and the Employment Relation
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ECHR Readings and Updates
As the days turn darker and colder here in the Netherlands, here is a new selection of recent ECHR-related journal articles for you to read: Normal 0 21 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;…
