Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New ECHR Readings
A very good new year for all the readers of the ECHR blog! please find below the newest selection of readings related to the ECHR and the Court: * Jeffrey Kahn, ‘The Relationship between the European Court of Human Rights and the…
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My new article Why Attacks on Civic Space Matter in Strasbourg
As the last post before the Christmas break, and with lots of interesting ECHR developments (not in the least today’s extensive interpretation of Articles 2 and 8 ECHR by the Dutch Supreme Court in its judgment today in the Urgenda case on…
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Call for Papers on Freedom of Expression Challenges and the ECHR
The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School and the International Law and Human Rights Unit of the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice have published a call for papers on the theme of ‘Old and New Threats…
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Launch of New Journal: European Convention on Human Rights Law Review
The landscape of academic human rights journals continues to grow. It is a pleasure to announce here that two ECHR experts, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and by Vassilis Tzevelekos, are launching a new journal exclusively dedicated to the ECHR: the European Convention on Human…
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New Book on Fatherhood and the ECHR
Alice Margaria of the Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung has just published The Construction of Fatherhood. The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights with Cambridge University Press. A great example of combining social sciences and the law. The book has already…
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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…