Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New Articles on ECHR
The most recent issue of the Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal is out now (vol. 3, Nos. 1-2, 2010). It includes a number of articles that directly relate to the European Convention on Human Rights. These are: * Marc Bossuyt, ‘Judges…
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Paper on Rozakis’ Separate Opinions
George Letsas of University College London has posted a working paper on SSRN on the separate opinions of Greek ECtHR judge Rozakis. It’s entitled ‘Judge Rozakis’s Separate Opinions and the Strasbourg Dilemma’. This is the abstract: Separate opinions in the European Court…
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Swiss Minaret Decisions
Ever since 2009 when the Swiss people voted, through a referendum, to include in their Constitution a general ban on building minarets, it was to be expected that the European Court of Human Rights would be called upon sooner or later to…
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Long Awaited Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda Judgments Delivered
Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered its long awaited judgments in the cases of Al-Skeini and others v. the United Kingdom and Al-Jedda v. the United Kingdom. The first case concerned civilians killed during British security…
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New Academic Articles on ECHR
Please find below a new batch of ECHR-related readings for the summer: * J. Lapitskaya, ‘ECHR, Russia, and Chechyna: two is not company and three is definitely a crowd’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 43, No. 2…
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Nicholas Bratza Elected Court President
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights elected Sir Nicholas Bratza as its new president. When the term of the current president, the French judge Costa, ends at the beginning of November, Bratza will succeed him in that position. The 66-year old…
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German Book on Pilot Judgments
A new book (in German) on the topic of pilot judgments has been published. Jörn Eschment has written Musterprozesse vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte. This is the abstract: Ende 2009 waren beim Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte rund 120.000 Beschwerden anhängig. Großen…
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Article on European Consensus in Public Law
The article ‘Does consensus matter? Legitimacy of European Consensus in the Case Law of the ECtHR’ by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou has just been published in Public Law (July 2011 issue, pp. 534-553). I reported on the working paper earlier here. This is, in…
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PACE Calls for More Active Role of National Parliaments
The implementation gap between standards and practice is a recurring issue – and rightly so – in discussions on human rights, also in the context of the ECHR. One way to increase correct and more speedy implementation is to activate national parliaments.…
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New French Judge Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected a new judge in the Court in respect of France: Mr André Potocki. Potocki received 110 out of 160 votes cast. He will succeed judge Costa, the current judge elected in…