Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Special Issue on ECHR and Derogations
The Austrian Review of International and European Law Online has published a special issue on derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights. My SIM colleague Kustrim Istrefi (Utrecht University) and Stefan Salomon (University of Graz) were the editors of this volume…
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New Book on Admissibility at the European Court
Robin Schädler has published the new book Re-designing the Admissibility Model of the European Court of Human Rights with Schulthess Verlag. The book re-interprets the existing admissibility criteria with a view to making their interpretation more principled and predictable. Based on a…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of recent academic articles and other documents related to the European Convention and the European Court: * Amalte Frese and Henrik Palmer Olsen, ‘Spelling It Out−Convergence and Divergence in the Judicial Dialogue between CJEU and ECtHR’,…
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René Cassin Moot Court Competition 2020
The oldest Moot Court competition on the ECHR is the French-language Concours René Cassin, held every year in Strasbourg. The case for the upcoming year’s competition is now online here. The finals are often judged by moot courts including current judges from…
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New Judge Elected in Respect of Portugal
Last week, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected Ana Maria Guerra Martins as the new judge in respect of Portugal. By a large majority of the votes cast she was elected for a nine year term. Currently she is an associate…
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September Issue of NQHR Online
The September 2019 Issue (Vol. 37, No. 3) of our Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is now online. It includes three articles directly related to the ECHR: * Eva Brems, ‘Positive subsidiarity and its implications for the margin of appreciation doctrine’: ‘The article…
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European Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The call for applications for the 8th edition of the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition (EHRMCC) has been put online. The EHRMCC is the largest English-language human rights moot court competition in the world. It offers excellent opportunities for students from…
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MOOC on ECHR Open for Participation Again
This month, the newest run of our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR ‘Human Rights for Open Societies‘ is open for participation again (and a next edition will run from November onwards for which you can register already). Join the…
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Updated Case-Law Guide on Article 1 ECHR
The Court has now made an updated version of its case-law guide on Article 1 ECHR available on its website. The Convention provision, as is well-known, provides that states “shall secure to everyone within their jurisdiction” the rights in the Convention. The…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a number of new ECHR-related readings for Summer reading: * Stephen Skinner, Lethal Force, the Right to Life and the ECHR. Narratives of Death and Democracy (Bloomsbury Professional; book): ‘In its case law on the use of lethal and…