Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Oleynikov Judgment on State Immunity
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post by Dr Rosanne van Alebeek, a fellow human rights expert. She is an assistant professor and senior researcher at the University of Amsterdam and has particular expertise on the subject of immunities and human…
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Pirate Bay Decision on Copyright and Freedom of Expression
Last week, The European Court issued its decision in the case submitted by two of the founders of Pirate Bay, Neij and Sunde Kolmisoppi v. Sweden. The two had been convicted for copyright infringements. The Court has recently held that copyright enforcement…
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Debate on Lautsi in ICON
The newest issue of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON, vol. 11, issue 1, 2013) includes a debate on the famous Lautsi judgments of the European Court on allowing a crucifix in classrooms (see my post on the Grand Chamber judgment…
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‘Casse-toi, pauv’ con’ Satire Judgment
The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has a reputation for being very direct and blunt. In a famous encounter at the annual ‘Salon de l’Agriculture’ in France a few years ago, when one of the visitors refused to shake his hands and…
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New and Updated Case-Law Factsheets
The case-law factsheets of the Court have been updated and extended. In addition, translations in French, Russian, German, Polish, and Turkish are available on the Court’s website. Please find a list below of those factsheets which have been updated in the past half…
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Article on the Haas Judgment on Facilitating Suicide
Daniel Rietiker, working at the registry of the European Court of Human Rights, has published an article on the Haas case in the Harvard Human Rights Journal (vol. 25, 2012) entitled ‘From Prevention to Facilitation? Suicide in the Jurisprudence of the ECtHR in…
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New Article on EU Accession to ECHR
Christina Eckes (University of Amsterdam) has published ‘EU Accession to the ECHR: Between Autonomy and Adaptation’ in the Modern Law Review, Vol. 76, Issue 2 (2013) pp. 254-285. This is the abstract: After the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on…
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New Articles on ECHR
A new batch of academic writing related to the Convention and the Court: * A. Berkaw, ‘Presumed guilty: how the European Court handles criminal libel cases in violation of Article 6(2) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental…
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Court on Twitter
Informing the general public as well as practitioners and experts of its work has been at the forefront of the Court’s attention in the past few years. This week, the European Court of Human Rights has added another dimension to this by…
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New Articles in EHRLR
The news issue of the European Human Rights Law Review (2013, 1) includes a wide range of articles and case notes about the ECHR and the European Court. Please find an overview below: Normal 0 21 false false false NL X-NONE X-NONE…