Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Protocol 14 Enters into Force
Today, a bit over six years after it was opened for ratifications, Protocol 14 finally entered into force. The Protocol reforms the supervisory machinery of the European Convention, rendering judicial decision-making more efficient. In addition, it introduces a new admissibility criterion: cases…
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Gäfgen Grand Chamber Judgment: Threatening with Torture and Fair Trial Rights
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights just issued its keenly awaited judgment in the case of Gäfgen v. Germany today. The case centres on the fact that the applicant was threatened with torture when being questioned by the…
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Three Property Rights Judgments
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights issued a number of important judgments which all evolve around the protection of property. In Sarica and Dilaver v. Turkey (available only in French), the Court held that the widespread practice in Turkey of…
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European Court Awarded Four Freedoms Award 2010
Last Friday, the European Court of Human Rights was awarded the Four Freedoms Award 2010 in Middelburg, the Netherlands. The Awards are presented yearly to individuals and organisations who have worked towards the realisation of president F.D. Roosevelt’s four freedoms: the freedom…
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Two New Academic Articles on ECHR
The newest overview of academic articles of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, where I am based, is available online. Two articles relate directly to the European Convention on Human Rights: * P. Giosa, ‘The condemnation of Turkey…
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Blog Anniversary: 2 years!
Today marks the second anniversary of this blog, which started on 26 may 2008 with this welcome post. Growing steadily over time, with 20,000 visitors in its first year, 70,000 in 2009 and already 50,000 in the first five months of this…
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Book and Seminar on Pilot Judgments
In two weeks time a new book on the issue of pilot judgments will be published: Philip Leach, Helen Hardman, Svetlana Stephenson & Brad K. Blitz, ‘An Analysis of ‘Pilot Judgments’ of the European Court of Human Rights and Their Impact at…
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New ECHR Articles in Human Rights Law Review
The newest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (volume 10, No. 2) has been pubished. It contains a number of ECHR-related articles. Here are the titles and abstracts: * Alastair Mowbray, ‘A Study of the Principle of Fair Balance in the…
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Judgment on Voting Rights for the Mentally Disabled
Today the European Court of Human rights issued an important judgment in a case on voting rights for the mentally disabled: Alajos Kiss v. Hungary. The applicant in the case suffered from manic depression and had for that reason been placed under…
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Article on ECHR and Responsibility of Member States of International Organisations
Tobias Lock of University College London has published ‘Beyond Bosphorus: The European Court of Human Rights’ Case Law on the Responsibility of Member States of International Organisations Under the European Convention on Human Rights’ on SSRN, a forthcoming article in the Human…