Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Conference on ECHR and Regional Implementation Challenges
On 8 and 9 December, the Council of Europe, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, and the European Humanities University are co-organising a conference entitled ‘Regional Challenges in Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights‘. The conference will take place…
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European Court Awarded Treaties of Nijmegen Medal
Today, the European Court of Human Rights is being awarded the Treaties of Nijmegen Medal 2016. The medal is awarded every two years to key actors committed to European development. It commemorates the signing of a number of treaties known as the Peace…
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New Book on ECHR and Human Rights Theory
Long past are the days when the ECHR was only of interest to legal scholars. A recent book by researcher Alain Zysset, a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy, with both a background in international politics…
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New Network on European Human Rights Implementation
A key new network has been put together over the past few months, by academics and civil society, to work towards better implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments: the European Implementation Network. In the words of its founders, its mission…
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Massive Open Online Course on the ECHR launched!
Dear ECHR Blog readers, it is my particular pleasure to announce that today, here at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, we are launching a Massive Open Online Course on the European Convention on Human Rights. The formal…
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Book on ECHR and Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe
Cambridge University Press has published a book edited by a current and a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Julia Motoc and Ineta Ziemele, entitled ‘The Impact of the ECHR on Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe. Judicial…
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Call for Papers ECHR and EU Law
On 17 and 18 March 2017, the University of Nicosia on Cyprus is organising a conference entitled ‘The Inter-relationship between the European Convention on Human Rights and European Union Law’. It is now inviting submissions through a call for papers. The conference…
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The Role of Human Dignity in ECHR Case-Law
Last week, I delivered a keynote speech at a multidisciplinary conference organised by the Ethics Institute here at Utrecht University. The conference was the closing event of a large project on human dignity as the foundation of human rights. My lecture went…
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Two New Judges Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Azerbaijan Mr Lətif Hüseynov was elected. And in respect of Macedonia, the assembly elected Mr Jovan Ilievski. Both have…
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PhD Workshop on the Role of the European Court of Human Rights
On the 22nd to 24th February 2017, the Research Group of Constitutional and European Law at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona will be organising a workshop entitled ‘The role of the European Court of Human Rights in the Community of Final Interpreters‘.…