Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Literary Heritage Judgment – A Novel by Apollinaire
A century after its publication in 1907, the novel Les Onzes Milles Verges (“The Eleven Thousand Rods”) by the French author Guillaume Apollinaire became the centre of a legal controversy which ended at the highest European level. Yesterday the European Court issued…
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Article on ECHR and Territorial Jurisdiction
It remains a hotly debated issue: the scope and limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the European Court. The newest issue of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 20, No. 4, 2009) contains a new contribution to this debate. Sarah Miller…
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Article on ECHR and Homosexuality
The newest issue of the Human Rights Law Review (volume 10, issue 1) is out (no pun intended) and contains an article by Paul Johnson of the University of Surrey, entitled ‘An Essentially Private Manifestation of Human Personality’: Constructions of Homosexuality in…
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The UK, Devolution, and the ECHR
The campaign for parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom has, amongst many issues, led to a debate on whether the current Human Rights Act, which is based on the ECHR, should be replaced by a specific British Bill of Rights. The NGO…
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ECHR and France News
Last month, a new blog on the ECHR and France was started by Zeki Mardin, in the English language. It focuses on both new applications, pending ones, and follow-up of the European Court’s judgments concerning France. The intended readership is not so…
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Two Articles on EU and ECHR
As a follow-up to my recent post on possible EU accession to the ECHR, here are references to two recent academic articles on the issue, addressing some problems in diverging case-law: * Jiri Malenovsky (a judge at the European Court of Justice),…
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Book on ECHR Reforms and Domestic Implementation
This week a new book on the relationship between the European Court’s reforms and a better domestic implementation of the Convention has been published by Intersentia. Costas Paraskeva, a human rights lawyer in Cyprus, has written ‘The Relationship Between Domestic Implementation of…
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Medvedev Signs Protocol 14 ECHR
Yesterday, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the law approving Protocol 14 ECHR, reports press agency ITAR-TASS. This was the last remaining step to take before Russia formally ratifies by depositing its acceptance with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Protocol…
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EU Accession to ECHR
Yesterday and the day before, the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency organised a conference on EU accession to the ECHR. The entry into force of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty at the end of last…
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No Religion on Identity Cards
Yesterday, the Court ruled in the case of Sinan Isik v. Turkey on the mentioning of religious affiliation on identity cards. Mr Isik was a member of the Alevi community, which is seen by some as a part of Islam and by…