Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Call for Abstracts ‘Heads and Tails’: ECHR Admissibility and Remedies
On 15-16 June 2023, we are organising the international academic workshop ‘Heads and Tails’: Admissibility and Remedies at the European Court of Human Rights’ at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. It is part of a collaboration between the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and…
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New Book on Litigation about Religion and the ECHR
Lisa Harms of the University of Münster has published the monograph Faith in Courts. Human Rights Advocacy and the Transnational Regulation of Religion with Hart Publishing. It is available as an ebook. This is the abstract: ‘The judicialisation of religious freedom conflicts is long recognised. But…
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Secretary General’s Article 52 ECHR Report on Poland
Earlier this week, the Council of Europe’s Secretary, Marija Pejčinović Burić, published her report on Poland’s (non-)implementation of a number of key judgments of the Court on the right to a fair trial in Poland, part of the wider debates about the rule…
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Call for Abstracts on Populism, Authoritarianism and the ECtHR
The PluriCourts Centre at the University of Oslo has issued a call for abstracts. It relates to an upcoming workshop with the title ‘The European Court of Human Rights Facing Populism and Authoritarianism: Time for System Change?’ which will take place on…
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New Book on Fair Trial Rules of Evidence in ECtHR Case-Law
Jurkka Jämsä (Vaasa Court of Appeal, Finland) has published the monograph Fair Trial Rules of Evidence. The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights with Routledge. It is a very structured practice-oriented guide on the law of evidence and the…
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CoE Guidelines on Preventing and Remedying ECHR Violations
We had not yet reported on it, but at the end of last month, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted guidelines to assist themselves, the 46 Council of Europe member states, in their efforts to comply with their obligations…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a number of newly published readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights of the last few months: ● Veronika Fikfak and Lora Izvorova, ‘Language and Persuasion: Human Dignity at the…
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Video Interview with Court President Robert Spano
Current Court President Robert Spano is in his last few weeks at the helm of the European Court of Human Rights. To look back at his presidency of the Court over the last 2.5 years, he has been interviewed this month by…
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Hybrid Colloquium on Margin of Appreciation
This Thursday 13 October, in the afternoon, Maastricht University, is organising a hybrid colloquium entitled ‘The Margin of Appreciation as the Bridge Between the Universal Presence of Human Rights and Their Concrete Implementation’. The full programme can be found here. This is…
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New Book on Private Actors and the Procedure Before the European Court
A bit over a week ago, my Utrecht Law School colleague and SIM fellow Claire Loven successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Followers of this blog may know her as the moderator of our MOOC on the ECHR. Dr Loven’s monograph has already been published with…