Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic writing related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Spyridoula Katsoni, ‘Is the Obligation Not to Refoule a Positive Obligation? An Intermediate Approach Toward the Classification Dilemma’, Human Rights Law Review (2025):…
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L. and Others v. France: Sexist Judicial Bias, Himpathy and Victim-Blaming
Guest post by Margarita S. Ilieva, strategic international equality and human rights litigator Introduction In L. et Autres c. France, for the first time, the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that judicial reasoning which negatively stereotypes, blames and therefore revictimises (secondary…
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Book on Gender and the Court
Sanna Elfving of the University of Lincoln (UK) has published the book Gender and the European Court of Human Rights with Routledge. Following her earlier work on the European Court of Justice, this book approaches the Strasbourg Court from a similar perspective. This is…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Mohammad Mohammadi, Martijn Wieling and Michel Vols, ‘An interpretable approach to detect case law on housing and eviction issues within the…
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Book on Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders and the ECHR
Candan Yilmaz of the University of Groningen has published the book Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: comparing provisions in Türkiye, England and Wales, and the Netherlands to the ECHR framework with Groningen University Press. The book, based on her PhD dissertation, is available…
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Book on Domestic Abuse and the ECtHR
It’s been out for a couple of months, but still important to highlight: Ronagh McQuigg of Queen’s University Belfast has published the book ‘Domestic Abuse and the European Court of Human Rights‘ with Routledge Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This book provides a…
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Conference on ECHR as Living Instrument
The University of Strasbourg, the Fondation René Cassin and the European Court of Human Rights are co-organising an international conference in their home city on 14 March. The conference is entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights as a Living Instrument’. This…
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Three New Judges Elected
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected three new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights. The new judge in respect of Slovenia will be Vasilka Sancin. In addition to being a renowned academic, as…
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Court Creates Internal Ethics Council
It was announced today that the European Court of Human Rights will create an Ethics Council to advise the Court’s President on questions of judicial ethics. The Court explains this as another step in showing its commitment to judicial ethics. More concretely…
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75 Years ECHR and its Impact
As we enter the year in which the European Convention on Human Rights will turn 75 (in November) the Council of Europe has updated and expanded its dedicated website on how the ECHR has impacted law, policy and practice across Europe. These…