Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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My New Article on Squeezed Civic Space and Human Rights
I am happy to announce that my new article entitled ‘Squeezing civic space: restrictions on civil society organizations and the linkages with human rights‘ has been published open access and is thus freely available to all in the International Journal of Human…
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Protocol 16, New Rules of Court and Website on Impact of the ECHR
It is the midst of Summer, but important times for the European Convention of Human Rights system. On 1 August, the new Protocol 16 entered into force for those state parties that have ratified it. This means the European Court will be…
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Training on Implementation of Asylum and Migration Cases
The European Implementation Network has issued a call for applications for an interesting new thematic training in Strasbourg on 11 and 12 October. Please note: the deadline to apply is soon, 17 August. Staff of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is invited to participate…
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New Judge in Respect of San Marino
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected a new judge to the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Gilberto Felici was elected as the new judge in respect of San Marino. His term shall start in September…
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My New Article on the European Court of Human Rights as a Norm-Broker
I am very happy to announce that my new article, co-authored with my good colleague and friend dr Michael Hamilton (University of East Anglia) has just been published in the Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 18, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 205-232). The…
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Summer School on Fundamental Rights in the EU and ECHR
The University of Bologna, King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg are co-organising a summer school “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe” (Bertinoro, 24-29 June 2018). This 18th edition, is hosted in the Castle of Bertinoro (see photo), and it…
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10 Years ECHR Blog
Today, exactly ten years ago, on 26 of May 2008, I started the ECHR Blog. The idea for the blog had come up in conversations with a few friends and colleagues, in which we noted that there was a gap in the,…
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Guest Blog Commentary on Ne Bis in Idem
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest commentary by my Utrecht University colleague dr Bas van Bockel. He has written a commentary on the interesting recent inadmissibility decision in Krombach v France, that relates to the ne bis in idem principle…
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New Book on Great Debates and the ECHR
Fiona de Londras (University of Birmingham) and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) have written a new book entitled Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights. The book was published with Macmillan Publishers and was written for higher education teaching. This…
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Case-Law Guide on Article 18 ECHR
The Court has put a new case-law guide online on its website. The new guide deals with Article 18 ECHR which concerns limitation on the use of restrictions on rights. The article provides: “The restrictions permitted under [the] Convention to the said…