Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of recent writings, articles and other, about the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Fleur van Leeuwen, ‘Epistemic Blind Spots, Misconceptions and Stereotypes: The Home Birth Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human…
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Court and Academia Dialogue
The University of Strasbourg’s Law Faculty is organising its fourth annual colloquium between academics and judges of the European Court of Human Rights. The French-language hybrid event, entitled ‘Dialogue entre la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme et la Doctrine’, takes place…
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New President and Other Changes at the Court
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights announced a number of position changes in its internal organisation. Most pre-eminently, the Court elected its new President: Marko Bošnjak, the Court’s judge in respect of Slovenia. Since 2022, he has been a vice-President…
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75 Years Council of Europe and Civil Society
In the week in which the Council of Europe celebrates its 75th anniversary (founded on 5 May 1949) – a full and bilingual timeline is available here – two civil society initiatives were undertaken: The first is the presentation to states of…
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New Judges Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), elected three new judges to the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Ireland, Latvia, and Liechtenstein. In respect of Ireland, Úna Ní Raifeartaigh was elected. She is currently a…
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Recording of Climate Cases Webinar
A recording of the webinar of 19 April 2024, ‘Climate Change in Strasbourg: the recent cases at the European Court of Human Rights’, co-organised by this ECHR Blog and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), is now available here for those who…
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ECHR Blog Special Webinar: Climate Change in Strasbourg
On Friday 19 April (15h00 to 16h30 CET), the ECHR Blog and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) are co-organising a special webinar entitled ‘Climate Change in Strasbourg: the recent cases at the European Court of Human Rights’. Last week, we already…
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Climate Cases Decided Today: Small Step or Huge Leap?
by Antoine Buyse and Kushtrim Istrefi This morning, the European Court of Human Rights issued its Grand Chamber decisions and judgment in three keenly awaited climate change cases. Two cases were declared inadmissible, but the Swiss grandmothers (Klimaseniorinnen) won their case in…
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New ECHR Articles in the HRLR
The newest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (Volume 24, Issue 1, March 2024) has been published, which includes a symposium. – partly comparable with a special issue – on the theme of ‘The European Court of Human Rights and the…