Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Enroll for May Edition of MOOC on ECHR
After two successful editions and over 8000 participants in total, we have now opened up enrollment for the third edition of the MOOC ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights‘. The starting date is…
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New ECHR Readings
At the end of the month a short list of recent ECHR-related writings: * Fiona de Londras (Birmingham University) and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (Liverpool University) have published ‘Mission Impossible? Addressing Non-Execution Through Infringement Proceedings in the European Court of Human Rights‘, in the…
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René Cassin Competition This Week
This week, the 32nd edition of the René Cassin Competition will be held in Strasbourg. It is the oldest French-language moot court competition on the European Convention on Human Rights. This year, the topic is health and European human rights law. Thirty…
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European Implementation Network has Director Vacancy
The European Implementation Network (EIN), set up last year, has opened a vacancy for a full-time Director to manage its organizational development and to develop and implement a programme of activities focused on delivering its mission. In its own words, ” is a…
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Book on Family Rights and the ECHR
Carmen Draghici (City University London School) has just published the book ‘Legitimacy of Family Rights in Strasbourg Case Law- ‘Living Instrument’ or Extinguished Sovereignty?‘ with Hart Publishing. It is both available as hardback and e-book. This is the book’s abstract: ‘Modern family…
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ESIL – European Court Conference on Migration
Pre-announcement: the European Society for International Law and the European Court of Human Rights will co-organise a one-day conference on ‘Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights’. The conference will take place on Friday 6 October 2017 at at the Court…
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MOOC on the ECHR Open for Registration
After its very successful first airing, with over 5000 participants at the end of last year, we will again run our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) starting next week 13 February. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera…
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Conference on Principled Resistance Against European Court Judgments
Professor Marten Breuer of the Law School of the University of Konstanz in Southern Germany is organising a conference entitled “Principled Resistance against ECtHR Judgments – a New Paradigm?”. It will take place in the town hall of Konstanz on 1 and…
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The Court in 2016: Overview
At his annual press conference today, the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Guido Raimondi, presented an overview of the Court’s work over the past year. The most important issues: in 2016, for the first time after a two-year decrease,…
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New Judges in respect of the Netherlands and Hungary
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected two new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. For the Netherlands, judge Jolien Schukking was elected. Judge Schukking was preferred over two other similarly very well-qualified Dutch ECHR experts, professors…