Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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15 Years ECHR Blog!
A walk with a friend through Brussels in 2008. That is when the idea for the ECHR Blog first started to bubble in my mind. Today this blog with this post (no 1281!) marks exactly its 15th anniversary since its first post…
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New Report on Freedom of Artistic Expression in Europe
The Council of Europe has published a new report, authored by Sarah Whyatt, on the freedom of artistic expression in Europe, entitled Free to create: artistic freedom in Europe. it includes an overview of the state of artistic freedom in Europe ass…
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The Reykjavik Summit and Declaration
Long-awaited, the fourth ever Council of Europe Summit has been taking place yesterday and today in Reykjavik’s Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre. As the Council itself called it, “[a]n historic opportunity for the Council of Europe to refocus its mission, in the light of…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic readings on the European Convention of Human Rights and its Court: * Tobias Mortier, ‘Reprehensible or Legitimate Aims? A Proposal for a New Approach to Article 18 ECHR in Light of its Predominance Test’,…
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New Romanian Judge Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected Sebastian Răduleţu as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Romania. He will succeed judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc. In a tight race, Mr Răduleţu obtained a…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our selection of recent publications, both articles and book chapters, related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Ivana Jelić, ‘Feminist Justice and the European Court of Human Rights’ in Ivana Krstić, Marco Evola, Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno…
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New Book on Fairness in Criminal Appeal and the ECHR
Helena Morão and Ricardo Tavares da Silva, both of the University of Lisbon School of Law, have co-edited a book recently published by Springer, entitled Fairness in Criminal Appeal. A Critical and Interdisciplinary Analysis of the ECtHR Case-Law. This is the abstract: ‘This book addresses…
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The Court’s Own Reykjavik Memorandum
Whether coincidental or not, but after last week Lize Glas reported on this blog that the Court’s own memorandum for the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe was not yet public, just yesterday it has…
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Wishes for Reykjavik
What Can the Fourth Council of Europe Summit Have in Store for the Court? by Lize R. Glas, Radboud University On 16 and 17 May 2023, a summit of heads of state and government of the Council of Europe (CoE) will take place in Reykjavik,…
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The Hague Civil Society Declaration on Council of Europe Reform
Earlier this month, on 28 February and 1 March, the first ever Council of Europe Civil Society Summit took place in The Hague, the very city in which 75 years earlier one of the foundational moments of the European movement happened, eventually leading to the creation…