Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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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…
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Call for Papers for European Consensus Conference
On 1 June 2016, the University of Portsmouth School of Law, the European University Institute and the McCoubrey Centre for International Law of the University of Hull Law School will be organising a conference on the European consensus (EuC) method of interpretation…
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65 Years ECHR – Jekyll and Hyde in Strasbourg
Exactly one month ago, on 4 November 2015, the European Convention on Human Rights had been in existence for exactly 65 years. In 1950, thirteen Council of Europe Ministers signed the treaty in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. To commemorate that special…
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Reform of the European Court – Guest Post
Dear readers, it is my pleasure to introduce another guest post by one of this blog’s regular commentators, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, of the University of Liverpool. He has written a comment on the final report on the long-term future of the Court, an intergovernmental…
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Seminar on Procedural Dialogue in the ECHR System
It is still some time away, but good to already inform you of it: on 26 January, Nijmegen University is organising a seminar at the Europe House in The Hague. The aim of the seminar, entitled ‘Procedural Dialogue in the European Convention…
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ECHR Readings
Please find below a selection of a number of books, articles and research papers on the ECHR which have been published in the past year (some of which I had overlooked earlier, more to follow in later posts). Enjoy reading! The newest…
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Guest Commentary on Grand Chamber Judgment Perinçek v Switzerland
On the important Grand Chamber judgment of Perinçek v. Switzerland, I am happy to introduce a guest commentary by dr Uladzislau Belavusau, an expert on freedom of expression and an assistant professor at the Free University Amsterdam. In his comment, he contextualises this…