Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Public International Law at Utrecht University.
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Call for Papers: The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR)
The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the interconnected legacies of three pivotal moments in European history: the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki…
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Workshop: Exploring the Human of the European Court of Human Rights
On 5-6 September 2024, the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich will host a workshop entitled ‘Exploring “the Human” of the European Court of Human Rights’, as part of the project Who is the Court for? Bringing the Human (back)…
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Danileţ v. Romania: A Plea for Judges’ Freedom of Expression
by Dragoș Călin, Judge and co-president of the Romanian Judges’ Forum Association Introduction In the case no.16915/21, Danileţ v. Romania, the European Court of Human Rights held on February 20, 2024, by a majority (four votes to three), that there…
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Earthquakes in Türkiye and the Right to Life: Whither Positive Obligations?
On 6 February 2023, Türkiye and Syria experienced two devastating earthquakes which affected the lives of more than 24 million people. The death toll has passed 30.000, and the UN fears that the figure could double. The number of injured and homeless…
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Webinar on Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights
On 1 February, the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel) will hold an online seminar entitled “Of Parties, Third Parties, and Treaty Intertretation: Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights“. The speakers include Isabella Risini…
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New Book: Taxation at the European Court of Human Rights
Robert Attard (EY and University of Malta) and former ECtHR judge Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque (the Catholic University of Portugal) have published a book entitled Taxation at the European Court of Human Rights. Here is an overview of the book: Taxation at…
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Workshop: Legitimate Aims and Ulterior Purposes in International Human Rights Law
On 2 June 2023, the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School is hosting a workshop on the Legitimate Aims and Ulterior Purposes in International Human Rights Law. The workshop, co-organised by PluriCourts at the University of Oslo and the Academy…
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Call for Contributions: European Yearbook on Human Rights 2023
The European Yearbook on Human Rights has issued a call for contributions for its 2023 issue. The 2023 issue has a special focus on ‘Rethinking Human Rights’. The Yearbook publishes mostly about the European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of…
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New Book on Cyprus at the European Court of Human Rights
Costas Paraskeva and Eleni Meleagrou have published a new book entitled Cyprus at the European Court of Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal of the Court’s Jurisprudence on the Rights to Property and Home in the Context of Displacement (with Brill | Nijhoff).…
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New Book: Case Law Compendium on the Death Penalty and Extrajudicial Execution
Jeremy McBride (Barrister at Monckton Chambers, London, specialising in cases before the ECHR and the UNHRC) has published the book entitled Compendium of case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the death penalty and extrajudicial execution, with Council of Europe (2022).…