Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Admissibility Checklist
Today, the Court launched yet another tool to make sure no clearly inadmissible applications are lodged in Strasbourg: an admissibility checklist. Whereas previous efforts were focused to a large extent on lawyers, this new initiative is aimed at the applicants themselves. In…
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More New ECHR Academic Publications
And yet another batch of academic works about the European Convention on Human Rights – it would take many metres of bookshelves a year to stack them all!. Thankfully, an increasing part of it is available online: * Alexandra Timmer, ‘Toward an…
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New Version of CoE Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals Website
Yesterday, a revamped and improved version of the Council of Europe’s HELP site, short for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals, was put online. The HELP programme is an often overlooked but essential nexus between the Strasbourg system and national legal practitioners.…
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New Publications on ECHR and Good News
The end of this month brings a broad range of new ECHR-related publications, both books and articles. Please find an overview here: * Nicolas Bratza (current president of the Court) has published an article entitled ‘The relationship between the UK Courts and…
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Article on EU Accession to the ECHR
Profesor Martin Kuijer of the Free University of Amsterdam, who is also the senior adviser on human rights to the Minister of Security and Justice in the Netherlands, has published an article on EU accession to the ECHR in the latest issue…
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Three New PACE Reports on the ECHR and the Court
Last week, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe adopted three reports on the ECHR and on the European Court of Human Rights. Two of them were presented by rapporteur Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc, her last as member…
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Guest Post on British ECHR Reform Plans
I am very happy to welcome another guest post of Ed Bates of the University of Southampton. This time it relates to the reform plans for the Court of the current British chairmanship of the Council of Europe: British plans for reform…
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Paper on Draft EU to ECHR Accession Agreement
Three researchers, Xavier Groussot, Tobias Lock, and Laurent Pech, have published a commentary on the draft agreement on the Accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights. The commentary is available as a policy paper on the website of…
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Book on ECHR and Fundamental Rights Interpretation
Yesterday, I attended the successful PhD defence of Hanneke Senden, a former colleague of mine (congratulations once again, Hanneke!), at Leiden University. Her book deals with the different principles and methods of fundamental rights interpretation, with a focus on the European Court…
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Various News
Last week, on Friday to be precise, the new president of the European Court of Human Rights, Nicholas Bratza took up his duties, succeeding Jean-Paul Costa. See my earlier post on his election here. Then, updates on two ECHR-related academic publications. First,…