Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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New Book: Case Commentary with Focus on Substantive Rights
Gerhard Kreutzer (Legal Officer, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya) has just published a new book entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights: Volume I, Substantive Rights: A Case Commentary’. Here is a description of the book: ‘This comprehensive Case Commentary analyses the…
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Call for Abstracts for Conference on ECtHR Jurisprudence
On 14 and 15 January 2027, the Maastricht Centre for Law and Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University is organizing a conference entitled ‘ECtHR Jurisprudence: An Incremental and Progressive Development or Time to take a Breather?‘. Here is a…
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Public Discussion on Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
On Saturday, 11 July 2026, at 10.00-13.00 CET (Amsterdam time) and 11.00-14.00 EET (Kiyv time), the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the ZMINA Human Rights Center and Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group are organizing a public discussion entitled ‘One year…
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New Podcast on Intersectionality and the ECHR
In November last year, we posted about a new edited book entitled ‘‘Intersectionality and Human Rights: Reimagining European Court of Human Rights Judgments‘. The book was published by Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
A new double issue of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (Vol. 7, Issue 1-2). This issue is a special issue edited by Andreas Follesdal, Jan Petrov, and Alain Zysset. The special issue focuses on the role of the ECHR…
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New Book on Pensions as Property and the ECHR
Kevin Hartmann-Cortés (UCLouvain, Belgium) has just published a new book entitled ‘Pensions as Property: Insights from the European Convention on Human Rights‘. This is the abstract: ‘This book explores the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when defining and…
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New Case-Law Guide on Business and Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has just published its new case-law guide on business and human rights. This case-law guide compiles and analyses a lot of cases on different Convention Articles relevant in the business context. Here is a very brief…
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New Book on the Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe
Angelika Nußberger, Cathérine Van de Graaf and Yannick Schoog (all at the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne) have just published a new edited book entitled ‘The Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe‘. This is the…
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Conference on Revisiting the ECHR
On the 22nd of May 2026, the Human Rights Research Group of the Leuven University’s Centre for Public Law is organizing a conference entitled ‘Revisiting the ECHR: A Closer Look at Calls for Change‘. The impetus for the conference was the by…
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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…