Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Case-Law Guide on Article 17 ECHR
In its series of case-law guides, the Court has published online a new one on Article 17, the European Convention’s provision on the abuse of rights. This Article provides: “Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group…
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New ECHR Articles in Human Rights Law Review
The first issue of 2019 of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 19, no. 1) includes a number of ECHR-focused articles: * Alice Donald & Anne-Katrin Speck, ‘The European Court of Human Rights’ Remedial Practice and its Impact on the Execution of…
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New Judges Elected in Respect of Turkey and Malta
Earlier this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to serve 9-year terms at the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Malta, Lorraine Schembri Orland was elected with an absolute majority of votes cast.…
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Book on Inter-State Complaints and the ECHR
I somehow missed to highlight this earlier, but last year an important book on the often-overlooked other contentious role of the Court (beyond deciding in individual cases) was published. Isabella Risini has written The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human…
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Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos New President of the Court
Although announced on April fools’ day by the Court, one may assume this is serious and real news: the Court has elected from its midst Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos to serve as its new President. Judge Sicilianos had already been one of the Court’s Vice-Presidents…
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New Book on General Principles of the ECHR
My Utrecht University colleague and SIM fellow professor Janneke Gerards has just published her newest book General Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights with Cambridge University Press. It is available online now as an e-book and presents a reflection of her…
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Conference on the European Court at 60
As announced earlier through the call for papers, the University of Nottingham’s human rights centre is organising its annual student human rights conference on Friday 29 March. The theme this year is ‘European Court of Human Rights: 60 Years of Success?‘ The…
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Articles on ECHR in Newest Issue of NQHR
The newest issue of our Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR), Volume 37, Issue 1, 2019, includes two articles with a focus on the European Convention: * Pieter Cannoot, ‘The pathologisation of trans* persons in the ECtHR’s case law on legal gender…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of recent academic publications on the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Floris Tan (Leiden University), ‘The Dawn of Article 18 ECHR: A Safeguard Against European Rule of Law Backsliding?‘, Goettingen Journal of…
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New Book on European Consensus and the ECHR
Panos Kapotas of the University of Portsmouth and Vassilis P. Tzevelekos of the University of Liverpool have just published the edited volume ‘Building Consensus on European Consensus – Judicial Interpretation of Human Rights in Europe and Beyond‘ with Cambridge University Press. The…