Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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New Podcast Episode ‘Lawyering Before the ECtHR’
The ‘Between Heat and Hope’ Podcast just released its new episode entitled ‘Lawyering Before the European Court of Human Rights‘. In the episode, Veronika Fikfak (University College London) shares her experience with human rights litigation before the ECtHR and the ‘European Human…
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New Book on Legal Mobilization of Workers before the ECtHR
Filiz Kahraman (University of Toronto) has just published a new book entitled ‘Labor in Hard Times: Workers’ Legal Mobilization at the European Court of Human Rights‘. It discusses workers’ turn to human rights litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and the…
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New Book on the ECtHR and Authoritarian Populism
Alain Zysset (University of Glasgow) has just published a new book, entitled ‘Responding to Authoritarian Populism at the European Court of Human Rights: A Calibrated Framework‘. The book focuses on authoritarian populism as a threat to democracy and the rule of law…
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‘We Make It, You Take It’: Fake Dialogue and Genuine Pressure between the States and the European Court of Human Rights
By Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool The Dialogue The Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) has just published a Preliminary Draft Text for the Outcome Document Containing Elements for a Political Declaration. Most of this document is dedicated to the issues of…
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Event on the ECHR and the Chisinau Declaration 2026
On Wednesday 4 February 2026 from 13:00-14:00 CET (12:00-13:00 UK time) the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation of the University of Leicester is organizing an online event with the AGORA Group entitled ‘The ECHR and the Chisinau Declaration 2026: What is…
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New Book on Intellectual Property Before the ECtHR
Elena Izyumenko (University of Amsterdam) and Christophe Geiger (Luiss University) have recently published a new monograph entitled ‘Human Rights and Intellectual Property Before the European Courts: A Case Commentary on the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of…
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New Book on the Impact of European Human Rights Bodies, Including the ECtHR, on Penal Policies
Gaëtan Cliquennois (University of Rennes) has just published a new monograph entitled ‘The Impact of European Human Rights Bodies on Penal Policies‘. The book provides an analysis of the impact of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and…
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New Edition of ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights’
Fiona de Londras (University of Birmingham) and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) have just published the second edition of their book entitled ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights‘. Here is the description: ‘The 2nd edition of Great Debates on the…
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Webinar on the Rule of Law Crisis in Poland and the ECHR
On Monday 15 December from 17:30-19:00 (CET), the Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic of the Central European University (CEU) and the Review of Democracy (RevDem) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘Two Years after Walesa v Poland – Restoring the Rule of…
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Workshop on ECHR and Sport
On 16 and 17 April 2026, the International Law and Human Rights Unit of the University of Liverpool is organizing a workshop entitled ‘Impact of Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts on Lex Sportiva’. The workshop will focus on the impact of the judgments…