Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Education Rights Violation in Turkish University
Today the Court found a violation of the right to education of university students in Turkey in the case of Temel and others v. Turkey. In 2001 and 2002 a group of 18 studnets had petioned their university, Afyon Kocatepe University (see…
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Judgment on Dismissal of Judge
Last week, the Court issued its judgment in the case of Kudeshkina v. Russia. With a very narrow margin of four votes against three it found that the Russian Federation had violated the freedom of expression (Article 10 ECHR) by dismissing a…
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New Academic Articles on ECHR
Just appeared: two articles dealing with ECHR matters in different academic journals. The first is an article concerning the ongoing discussion on the territorial scope of the Convention and the connected state responsibility: Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen, ‘Territorial Non-Application’ of the European Convention…
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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…