Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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The Netherlands Lodges Inter-State Complaint Against Russia
As all those following the Strasbourg system know well, the bulk of the work of the European Court of Human Rights is taken up by dealing with individual complaints. By contrast, Inter-State cases are exceedingly rare. Article 33 ECHR provides that any…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of recent ECHR-related publications: * Aikaterini Tsampi, ‘The new doctrine on misuse of power under Article 18 ECHR: Is it about the system of contre-pouvoirs within the State after all?’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol. 38(2), pp.…
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Guest Post: Implementation of the ECtHR’s judgments – A Call for Greater Transparency
It is my pleasure to host another guest post – this time by Ewa Garbarz, who is interning at the European Implementation Network (EIN): Implementation of the ECtHR’s judgments – A Call for Greater Transparency The latest Committee of Ministers’ Annual Report on the…
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New Book on Extraterritorial ECHR Application
Conall Mallory of Newcastle University has published Human Rights Imperialists. The Extraterritorial Application of the European Convention of Human Rights with Hart Publishers. To human rights academics, the topic of this book will not be unfamiliar: entire research projects have been based on the…
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Miscellaneous Updates: Webinar Recordings and NGO Guide
Dear readers, two different updates relating to earlier blogposts on here: First, the recording of the very interesting webinar / public online talk of President Robert Spano, held last week, has now been put online on the iCourts website. A big thanks…
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First Issue ECHR Law Review
A new academic baby is born, but one with very dedicated and experienced parents: the first issue of the new European Convention on Human Rights Law Review has now been published online (with Brill Publishers). With a number of short musings about…
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Guest Post on the European Court, Domestic Oversight of COVID-19 Emergency Measures, and Procedural Rationality
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post commenting a specific aspect of the current COVID-19 pandemic: how the European Court of Human Rights could foster oversight within ECHR state parties by using procedural rationality. It was written by my SIM…
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Online Talk by Robert Spano on Judicial Independence
In a very nice collaboration, the research centre iCourts in Copenhagen and Verfassungsblog are organising an online public talk on Friday 29 May at 14h00 CET by the new President of the European Court of Human Rights, judge Robert Spano. The topic wil…
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Updated CoE HELP Course on Introduction to the ECHR
The HELP programme (Human rights Education for Legal Professionals) of the Council of Europe has launched a revised version of its free online course that provides an introduction to the ECHR. This is the announcement: ‘The 47-nation Council of Europe has launched…
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Factsheet on ECtHR Judgments and Constitutional Reform
One of the most contentious and difficult legal consequences of a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights is when not (just) an adjustment of national policy or ordinary law is concerned, but when it necessitates a change in a state’s…