Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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New Book on the ECHR and the Western Balkans
Venera Kabashi (University of Zurich) has just published her dissertation entitled The ECHR and the Western Balkans: Bringing the Convention Home. The book is published by EIZ (Europa Institut an der Universität Zürich) Publishing and is available as an open access book. The…
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Call for Contributions: European Yearbook on Human Rights 2024
The European Yearbook on Human Rights has issued a call for contributions for its 2024 issue. The Yearbook publishes mostly about the European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of Europe. It also contains sections on human rights in the European Union,…
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Lecture: ‘Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters’
On Thursday 30 November 2023, the President of the ECtHR Síofra O’Leary delivered the annual Mackenzie Stuart Lecture for Cambridge University’s Centre for European Legal Studies on ‘Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters‘. In the lecture President O’Leary discusses…
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NNHRR Interview on Climate Change Litigation before the ECtHR
Last week, Anmol Gulecha (Tilburg University) and Jolein Holtz (Leiden University) gave an interview to the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) on the case of Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others, one of the three climate change cases currently…
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New Book on the Freedom of Religion or Belief in the ECHR
Caroline K. Roberts (Oxford Brookes University) has just published a new book entitled Freedom of Religion or Belief in the European Convention on Human Rights: A Reappraisal. This is the abstract: ”The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Article…
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Launch of the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks Project
The Council of Europe has launched the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN) project. The aim of the initiative is to strengthen co-operation between the Council of Europe and European universities and research institutions, and to promote the Council of Europe…
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New Online Course ‘Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’
The HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Programme of the Council of Europe has launched the free online course ‘Introduction to Human Rights Protection in Europe – The Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights‘. This six-hour…
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Webinar on the ECtHR and Domestic Case-law Application
On 4 December 2023 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET, the European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘The European Court of Human Rights and its case-law application at national…
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New Book on the ECtHR and the Norm against Torture
Ezgi Yildiz (California State University) has just published a new book entitled ‘Between Forbearance and Audacity: The European Court of Human Rights and the Norm against Torture‘. This is the abstract: ‘When international courts are given sweeping powers, why would they ever refuse…
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New Session of MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 2 November
In a week, on Thursday 2 November, Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! Registration is open now. To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into…