Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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HUDOC in Russian
The Court’s HUDOC case-law search engine is available since this month in the language of the Convention’s most populous state party: Russian. Part of the ever-expanding availability of ECHR information in other languages than English and French on the Court’s website, this…
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My New Article in ICLQ on ECHR, Violence and Free Speech
I am very happy to announce that my article entitled ‘Dangerous Expressions: The ECHR, Violence and Free Speech’ has just been published in the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (vol. 63, April 2014, pp. 491-503). The article is part of a larger…
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Failures to Comply with Interim Measures
There are still serious and worrying failures of state parties to the Convention to comply with interim measures indicated by the Court under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. This was the message coming from the Committee on Legal Affairs and…
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New ECHR Readings
The newest issue of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 25, issue 1, 2014) includes a symposium on human rights implementation in Europe: * Dia Anagnostou and Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, ‘Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Judgments in Europe: Legal Infrastructure and…
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René Cassin Competition 2014
Later this week, on 10 and 11 April, the 29th edition of the French-language moot court competition René Cassin will be held at the premises of the Court. It consists of mock legal proceedings in an imaginary case related to the European…
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Conference on UK and European Human Rights
The University of Leicester is organising a two-day conference on the issue of ‘The UK and European Human Rights – A Strained Relationship?’ on 23 and 24 May. The conference is convened by Dr Loveday Hodson, Professor Liz Wicks and Professor Katja Ziegler.…
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Guest Post on Biao v Denmark
I am very happy to introduce a guest post by my SIM colleague dr Alexandra Timmer. She has written a commentary on the recent judgment in Biao v. Denmark which concerns family reunification and discrimination issues. This is her guest post: …
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New ECHR Publications
Please find below a new update of articles and books related to the European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights. Enjoy reading! * The newest issue of the Heidelberg Journal of International Law (Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht and Völkerrecht), vol. 74, no.…
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Liber Amicorum Leo Zwaak – ECHR Contributions
The Liber Amicorum for my dear colleague Leo Zwaak has just been published. Many will know Leo as one of the great experts on the ECHR who has taught generations of students and practitioners about the European Convention system. It may therefore not…
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Ukraine – Russia Inter-State Application Guest Post
It is my pleasure to present a guest post by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou of the University of Surrey on the inter-state application lodged by Ukraine against Russia earlier this month and, more specifically, on the interim measures the Court indicated as a reaction to…