Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Our New Book on European Human Rights Protection
It is my great pleasure to announce the publication, today, of a co-edited by book professor Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir (University of Iceland) and myself (Utrecht University) on what we have dubbed the shifting gravities of the protection of human rights in the triangle:…
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Offensive Online Comments – New ECtHR Judgment
Earlier this month, the European Court delivered what can be seen as its first post-Delfi judgment on offensive online user-generated content. It is my pleasure to present a guest blog with critical comments on this case by Dirk Voorhoof and Eva Lievens of…
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ESIL and ECtHR Conference on ECHR and Crimes of the Past
On Friday 26 February, the European Society of International Law (ESIL) together with the European Court Human Rights will organise a conference on ‘The European Convention on Human Rights and the Crimes of the Past‘. The conference will be held in Strasbourg,…
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Book on Procedural Dialogue in the ECHR System
Earlier this week I had the privilege to participate as one of the external examiners in the public defense of the PhD of Lize Glas at Nijmegen University. She has written a very structured, clear, and thorough study on ‘The Theory, Potential…
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Report on Impact of ECHR at National Level
The Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has prepared an overview document dealing with positive examples of impact of the European Convention within States Parties. The report, entitled ‘Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights…
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Book on Domestic Application of the ECHR
Eirik Bjorge of Oxford University has published Domestic Application of the ECHR. Courts as Faithful Trustees with Oxford University Press. This is the book’s abstract: Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful…
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Recent ECHR Readings
Some more ECHR readings: the most recent issue of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 15, no. 4, December 2015) includes: * Natasa Mavronicola, ‘Crime, Punishment and Article 3 ECHR: Puzzles and Prospects of Applying an Absolute Right in a Penal Context’…
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Happy New Year and New ECHR Readings
A very good 2016 to all the readers of this blog – may it be one in which human rights will be better respected than last year! As a start for the new year, please find below a list of newly selected…
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New Factsheets on the ECHR
In the last days before Christmas, the Court has been adding a number of new factsheets on the European Convention of Human Rights to its website. Ever since the first factsheets were published online in 2010, this very useful collection of summaries…
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Final PluriCourts Conference on Reform of ECtHR and UN Treaty Bodies
On 29 February and 1 March, the University of Oslo is organising the final conference of the large MultiRights project. This 5-year ERC-funded project investigated the legitimacy discussions around international human rights supervisory organs and the reform processes both at the UN…