Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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Systemic Problems Unveiled: The Yalcinkaya Case and the Demise of the Bylock Digital Evidence
By Dr. iur. Yasir Gökce The Turkish Government has declared the Gülen Movement a terrorist organization and blamed the Movement for orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt. To identify the members of this organization, the Government has controversially decided that any individual who downloaded…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The third issue of the year of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (Vol. 4, Issue 3). The issue contains one editorial, three guest editorial notes, two research articles and two book reviews. The contributions discuss such topics as the…
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Registration for the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition Open
The Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition is a Europe-wide moot court competition dedicated to the European Convention on Human Rights. It was founded in 2012 by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) and the Council of Europe. The Competition was named after…
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New Book on Positive Obligations under the ECHR
Vladislava Stoyanova (Lund University) has published a new book entitled Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. This is the abstract: ”It is beyond question that States have positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent and…
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MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 7 September
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again today, on 7 September. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into…
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BBC Podcast Episode on the UK and the ECHR
Last week BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Briefing Room’ released a podcast episode on the United Kingdom and the European Convention on Human Rights. In the episode, Ed Bates (University of Leicester), former president of the ECtHR Robert Spano, Joelle Grogan (UK in…
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New Book on the ECHR’s Impact on National Private Law
Matteo Fornasier (Ruhr University Bochum)) and Maria Gabriella Stanzione (University of Salerno) have co-edited a book recently published by Intersentia, entitled The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law: A Comparative Perspective. This is the abstract: ”Originally, the European…
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Webinar on the Implementation of ECtHR Judgments concerning Legal Gender Recognition
On 13 July from 10:00 to 11:30 CET, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and Transgender Europe (TGEU) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘From Court to Practice: Implementing European Court of Human Rights Rulings‘. The online webinar will discuss the implementation process of…
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New EIN-DRI Rule of Law Report 2023
Yesterday, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and Democracy Reporting International (DRI) launched their new report entitled ‘Justice Delayed and Justice Denied: Report on the Non-Implementation of European Judgments and the Rule of Law‘. The report addresses the issue of non-implementation of judgments…
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Call for Interest – Protecting Free Speech through ECtHR Implementation
The European Implementation Network (EIN) is calling on NGOs to express their interest to participate in a new project entitled ‘Protecting Freedom of Expression by Supporting the Implementation of ECtHR judgments‘. The project is aimed at protecting the right to free speech…