Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Public International Law at Utrecht University.
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PACE Meeting on Navalny, Covid-19 Vaccination, Election of ECtHR Judges and More
From 19-22 April 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will meet to discuss a number of urgent issues. The following items in the agenda are relevant for the the Convention system as a whole: – The arrest and…
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New Book on European Consensus between Strategy and Principle
Jens T. Theilen has published with Nomos a book titled European Consensus between Strategy and Principle: The Uses of Vertically Comparative Legal Reasoning in Regional Human Rights Adjudication. The book is open access and can be downloaded for free here. Here is…
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Webinar on the European Court of Human Rights: Navigating Turbulent Relationships with States
On 14 April 2021, the Garden Court North Chambers in association with the University of Manchester and the Accountability Unit are hosting a webinar on the European Court of Human Rights: Navigating Turbulent Relationships with States. Here is the description and programme…
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New Book on Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law
Triestino Mariniello (Liverpool John Moores University) has edited a book Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law, published with Brill | Nijhoff. This is the book abstract: ‘This is the first English written book that includes the…
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Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos on Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives
Iulia Motoc, Lubarda Branko, Maria Tsirli, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Robert Spano have co-edited a Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos Procès Équitable: Perspectives Régionales et Internationales/Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives, published with Anthemis. The book contains contributions in French and English. The abstract…
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Guest Post: Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria – A guide to public statements degrading minorities
by Emma Várnagy (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) Introduction The Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria judgment, issued on 16 February 2021, concerns anti-Roma statements made by a politician in Bulgaria. Another judgment issued on the same day, Behar and Gutman v…
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Conference ECHR – Beyond a Treaty
On 27 May, Utrecht University is holding an online conference titled The European Convention on Human Rights: Beyond a Treaty. The conference explores the ECHR, beyond its formal treaty character, as an inspirational and aspirational source of human rights. Concerning the former,…
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Webinar on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law
On 15 March, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law is organising a webinar on the Latest Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law. The speakers of the event are Lea Raible (Grasgow University), Aurel Sari (Exeter University) and…
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ECHR Webinars on Migration, Climate Change, European Consensus and Free Speech
For already a year, online teaching and conferences have become a new normal. Several scholars have already examined the pros and cons of this development (see e.g. here and here). Perhaps the most positive aspect relates to the fact that important academic…
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ECHR Facts and Figures 1959-2020
The Public Relations Unit of the European Court of Human Rights has published an ‘Overview 1959-2020’ containing important statistics regarding the work of the Court (and the European Commission of Human Rights) since its inception. The Court has so far decided on…