Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New Academic Articles on ECHR
A few recent articles concerning the ECHR in law journals: the Columbia human rights law review (vol. 42, 2010/11, no. 1), pp. 233-277 includes: * A. Izumo, Diplomatic assurances against torture and ill treatment: European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence The Fordham…
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Pilot Judgment Procedure Included in Rules of Court
The phenomenon of the Pilot Judgment Procedure for a long time lacked a clear legal basis, although it had a stronger political backing by way of calls of the Committee of Ministers. In addition, it was not always clear when and how…
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Bluff Your Way Into The ECHR
The information department of the Court has compiled a small online brochure entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights in 50 Questions’. Ranging from “Does the Convention evolve?” to ‘What is a pilot judgment?’, the small online booklet contains a wide range…
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Working Paper on ECHR and Copyright Law
Robin Herr of the Copenhagen Business School Law Department has posted a working paper on SSRN entitled ‘The Right to Receive Information Under Article 10 of the ECHR: An Investigation from a Copyright Perspective’. This is the abstract: The purpose of this…
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New Guide on EU and ECHR Non-Discrimination Law
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It also marks the launch of a new book entitled ‘European Non-Discrimination Law’, which integrates the converging yet very complex interlocking system of non-discrimination law of the European Union and of…
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Grand Chamber Judgment in Lautsi: No Violation
Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy did not violate the ECHR in the highly publicised case about crucifixes in classrooms in Italian public schools. The judgment in Lautsi v Italy follows two years after…
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Case Note to Gäfgen v Germany in International Legal Materials
I have just posted on SSRN my introductory case note to the European Court’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Gäfgen v Germany, on which I posted earlier here, as it was published in the International Legal Materials of the American…
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Two Cases Referred to Grand Chamber
Recently, a panel of five judges of the European Court of Human Rights decided to refer two cases on which previously sections of the Court pronounced themselves, to the Grand Chamber. It concerns the cases of Kurić and Others v. Slovenia, on…
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Conference on ECHR and Detention
In their collaborative series of lectures and conferences, the French Council of State and the European Court of Human Rights are organising a conference on ‘the European Law Applying to Detention’. The conference will be held in the evening of Monday 28…
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Enhanced Supervision by Committee of Ministers of Priority Cases
This week, the Committee of Ministers held its first meeting of 2011 to supervise the execution of judgments of the European Court. As part of the Interlaken reform process the Committee has introduced a new working method. In order to give the…