Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Freedom of Expression for Historians
Coming to terms with its past is a challenge for many societies. The role of a former Hungarian Prime minister, Pál Teleki, in anti-Jewish policies before and during WW II, is at the core of a judgment by the Court this week:…
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My Own Article on Pilot Judgments
Dear readers, allow me to make a reference to one of my own upcoming articles. Later this month the main Greek Law Journal Nomiko Vima will publish a special issue on the 50th anniversary of European Court of Human Rights. It will…
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New Human Rights Articles in French
The newest issue of the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme is out (No. 80, 2009). For those readers who are fluent in French: it contains a whole number of ECHR-related articles, dealing with a wide range of issues including jurisdiction, freedom…
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PACE Rapporteur Visits Italy on ECHR Implementation
Earlier this week, Christos Pourgourides , rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, visited Italy. In his talks with government officials he specifically addressed an issue…
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Article on ECJ and ECtHR
The newest issue of the journal Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (volume 8, no. 3) includes an article by Tobias Lock of University College Lodnen. It’s entitled ‘The ECJ and the ECtHR: The Future Relationship between the Two European…
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Article on ECtHR and Comparative Law
Monika Ambrus, a colleague within the Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, based at Erasmus University Rotterdam, has posted ‘Comparative Law Method in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the Light of the Rule of Law’ on SSRN.…
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Saving the Court and Strengthening Human Rights – NGO Input for the Interlaken Process
Last week I attended a roundtable in London on the future of the European Court of Human Rights. It was jointly organised by a group of the main London-based human rights NGOs: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the AIRE Centre, Interights, International…
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De Facto Moratorium on Extraditions to Kazakhstan
Today the Court issued its judgment in the case of Kaboulov v. Ukraine (Appl. no. 41015/04) which in effect imposes a moratorium on extraditions to Kazakhstan on all ECHR state parties, unless credible assurances of safety would be offered by Kazakhstan. The…
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New Articles on ECHR
The newest issue of the European Human Rights Law Review has been published (no. 5 of 2009). It includes several ECHR-related contributions: * James A. Goldston, Achievements and Challenges—Insights from the Strasbourg Experience for Other International CourtsDiscusses aspects of the procedure and…
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(Re-)Election of Judges
Yesterday, the Court re-elected Jean-Paul Costa as its president for a period of three years. On the same day the British judge Bratza was re-elected as one of the two vice-presidents of the Court, also for three years (the other vice-president is…