Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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ECHR Papers on SSRN
A number of authors have recently posted interesting ECHR-related papers (either as drafts or as pre-publication forthcoming articles in journals) in the online repository SSRN. These include: * Mikael Rask Madsen (Copenhagen University), ‘Bolstering Authority by Enhancing Communication: How Checks and Balances and…
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Book on ECHR Case Files
In the same theme of last week’s book announcement, another recent book also offers practical insights on how to conduct a case, whether as applicant or third party intervener. Lize Glas (Radboud University Nijmegen) has published ECHR Case Files.The case files of…
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New Edition of Taking a Case to the ECtHR
This Summer, Oxford University Press has released the fourth and revised edition of Taking A Case to the European Court of Human Rights, the much appreciated handbook written by professor and practitioner Philip Leach (Middlesex University and European Human Rights Advocacy Centre).…
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New Book on Third Party Interventions
Third party interventions are a key way for the European Court of Human Rights to receive information beyond the input it receives from the parties in the procedure (applicant and state). How influential such interventions actually are was until now a matter…
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10,000 Participants for MOOC on ECHR
Returning after the summer break, it is my pleasure to announce that the MOOC we developed here at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, featuring colleagues Janneke Gerards, Paulien de Morree and myself, has – since its start…
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Recent Publications and Conference Reports on the ECHR
In the midst of Summer (although the weather here in the Netherlands does not reflect that), please find below a number of recent publications on the European Convention of Human Rights: * A very interesting research paper on SSRN that I was…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a number of ECHR-related academic publications of the past few months: The first issue of 2017 (Vol. 13, No. 1) of the Utrecht Law Review includes: * Sietske Dijkstra, ‘The Freedom of the Judge to Express his Personal Opinions…
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PACE Report on Delays in Implementation of Judgments
Last month, the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) discussed the newest report on implementation of the European Court’s judgments. This 9th report was made by Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ and, as always, is a valuable resource to…
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New System for Single-Judge Decisions
The European Court of Human Rights announced last week that it has adopted, as of this month, a new procedure which allows more detailed reasoning to be given in single-judge decisions. Ever since the single-judge procedure was introduced through Protocol 14 in 2010, the…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find a number of new ECHR readings from journals and blogs below: * Vassilis P. Tzevelekos, ‘The Al-Dulimi Case before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: Business as usual? Test of Equivalent Protection, (Constitutional) Hierarchy and Systemic…