Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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The ECHR and the UK – The Tragedy in the Form of Comedy
In the past two weeks, with the United Kingdom’s referendum on a potential Brexit approaching, the UK’s Government has been speaking with an increasingly incoherent number of voices. Home Secretary Theresa May favours the UK remaining in the European Union but leaving…
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The Russian Response to the Prisoner Voting Judgment
The voting rights of prisoners under the European Convention on Human Rights continue to be the object of debate in some countries – whereas in others it is not an issue at all, one may add. In this context, much attention usually…
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Conference on Prisoner Voting Rights and the ECHR
The University of Liverpool, in cooperation with the Council of Europe and the PluriCourts project, is organising a two day workshop on one of the most contested ECHR-related issues in the UK: ‘Challenges to Implementing the Judgments of the European Court of…
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Conference on European Consensus
The School of Law at the University of Portsmouth, the European University Institute (EUI) and the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool are co-organising a conference on the European consensus (EuC) method of interpretation of the European Court of…
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Video on Admissibility Criteria
In an effort to increase the understanding of how the application system in Strasbourg works, the Court is constantly increasing the number of information tools. Of course, there is the ‘Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria‘, an online text with comprehensive information. To…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a number of new readings on the European Convention of Human Rights, the Court, and its case-law: * B.M. Oomen, ‘A serious case of Strasbourg-bashing? An evaluation of the debates on the legitimacy of the European Court of Human…
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Guest Post: Grand Chamber Judgment Bédat v Switzerland
At the end of last month, the Grand Chamber of the Court issued its judgment in the case of Bédat v. Switzerland on journalism and investigative secrecy in criminal cases. One of our regular guest bloggers, professor Dirk Voorhoof of Ghent University, has…
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Guest Post: NGO Views on Protocol 16
It is my pleasure to present a guest post by Jennifer Babaie, a litigation fellow with the Open Society Justice Initiative. The note reflects the core points that a number of human rights NGOs submitted to the Court on the new Protocol 16, also…
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Oxford Commentary on the ECHR
Oxford University Press has published a new Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights, by William Schabas (Middlesex and Leiden). The book is part of the great series of Oxford Commentaries on International Law. The volume of more than 1300 pages covers…
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Event on European Court and the UK
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, part of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and the University of Leicester are organising an event entitled ‘The Rule of Law, The European Court of Human Rights and the UK: A…