Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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New Session of the MOOC on the ECHR Starts Again on 15 December
In two weeks, on 15 December 2025, Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the…
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EIN-DRI 2025 Rule of Law Report Launch
Tomorrow, 25 November from 16:30-18:00 CET, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and Democracy Reporting International (DRI) will launch the new 2025 edition of the report ‘Justice Delayed, Justice Denied – The non-implementation of European Courts’ Judgments and the Rule of Law in…
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New Book on Intersectionality and the ECHR
Today, Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at the University of London), Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei Len (Associate Professor at the Ohio State University) and Adam Weiss (Chief Programmes and Impact Officer, ClientEarth) published a new edited…
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Online Event on the ECHR and Immigration Detention
On Wednesday 12 November 2025 from 16:00-17:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online event entitled ‘Immigration detention: Establishing clear boundaries in international human rights law‘. The event will focus on a discussion of the European Court…
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Recording of Online Event on the ECHR in the Age of Backlash
A recording of the online inaugural event of the AGORA Group entitled ‘The Age of Backlash: The European Convention on Human Rights and the New Political Reality’ is now available for those who missed it or want to watch it again. This event…
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Online Event on the ECHR and Armed Conflict
On Wednesday 19 November 2025 from 12:00-13:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online research event entitled ‘Human rights in armed conflict after the Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia judgment‘. This online event will focus on…
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Call for Papers: The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) 2026
The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) has just launched a Call for Papers for its 2026 edition on topical developments in the field of human rights in and beyond Europe. The year 2026 will mark the anniversary of the International Covenant…
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E.A. v. France: Judicial revictimisation of a survivor of sadistic sexual harassment at work. Ignoring a coercive control context to impute ‘consent’ to the victim
By Margarita S. Ilieva Introduction On 4 September 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) rendered a landmark judgment in E.A. and Association européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes au travail v. France. For the first time, the Court:…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR
This week a new session of Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR started! It is still possible to enroll. To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An…
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New Book on the Regional Human Rights Courts, Including the ECtHR
Ahmed Almutawa (Durham University) and Konstantinos D. Magliveras (University of the Aegean) have just pubslished a new edited book entitled ‘A Comparison of the European, Inter-American, African and Arab Human Rights Courts: Institutional Aspects‘. The book offers a comparative analysis of the…