Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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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…
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ECHR Articles in Upcoming Issue of HRLR
Two articles for the upcoming edition of the Human Rights Law Review have been put online on its site as a preview: * Janneke Gerards, ‘The Discrimination Grounds of Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights’ The Court’s case law…
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Horváth and Kiss Judgment on Roma Education
Recently, the European Court issued another judgment on education for Roma: Horváth and Kiss v. Hungary. The judgment, amongst others, established that states need to address structural disadvantages caused by past discrimination through positive measures. It is my great pleasure to introduce…
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X v Austria Judgment
It is my pleasure once again to welcome a guest post by dr Paul Johnson of the University of York. This time he has written a guest post on this week’s judgment in X and Others v. Austria, about adoption for same-sex…
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El-Masri Comments Roundup
It is now two months ago that the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of El-Masri v. Macedonia on extraordinary rendition. This important judgment has led to a number of interesting comments and reactions.…
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Court Reform Special Website
The Council of Europe has launched a special webpage on its site which brings together all the key documents and updates about the ongoing reform process of the European Court of Human Rights. The site was presented last week during a meeting…
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Court Videos Available in More Languages
The Court has made new translations of its instruction videos available on its website. Fifteen new language versions have been added to the existing ones. The general information video “The Convention belongs to you” about the rights in the ECHR is now…