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Landmark Judgment on Domestic Violence
The Court has just passed judgment in a landmark case on domestic violence: Opuz v. Turkey (Appl.no. 33401/02). The Court ruled that Turkey had failed to protect the applicant and her mother against grave instances of domestic violence and even found that…
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Kenedi v. Hungary (Access to Information)
In its recent judgment Kenedi v. Hungary (Appl. no. 31475/05), the Court has given more clarifications on access to information. The applicant in the case was a historian doing research on the State Security Service. For several years he tried to get…
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New Article on Behrami and Saramati cases
The decision of the Court on the actions of peacekeepers in Behrami and Saramati keeps yielding food for thought for academics, as a new article in the latest issue of the International Community Law Review shows. Alexander Breitegger of the University of…
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ECHR Seminar in London
On Wednesday 10 June, the Nuffield Foundation in London is hosting a seminar entitled ‘Scrutinising the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights: Fact-Finding Missions and the Nomination & Election of Judges’. The event will include two panels: Panel One: Fact-Finding…
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New Scottish ECHR Resource
The Scottish Human Rights Law Group has launched and is still developing a website which contains a topical overview (including short summaries) of both ECHR cases and Scottish and other British cases concerning the ECHR. One can easily search the site through…
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First Anniversary
Dear readers, today this blog celebrates its first anniversary. After almost 150 posts and over 45,000 page views, I am very happy that so many academics and practitioners interested in the protection of human rights in Europe have found their way to…
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Paper on Judicial Borrowing and the ECtHR
Erik Voeten, of the University of Georgetown, has posted a working paper entitled ‘Borrowing and Non-Borrowing among International Courts’ on SSRN. This is the abstract: Why do some international courts and judges extensively cite decisions from other courts whereas others do not?…
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Two Free Articles from HRLR
Dear readers, the publisher of the Human Rights Law Review has been so kind to make two recent ECHR-related articles from the Review freely available for all readers of this blog. The articles, both previously featured on this blog, are: – Robin…
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DNA Test to Establish Who the Father Is
Mater semper certa est, is an old Roman-law principle. But what about the father? That was at stake in a recent Russian case in which the Court rendered judgment last week: Kalacheva v. Russia (Appl.no. 3451/05). In 2003, the applicant had given…
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Libel Amongst Politicians During Campaign
Political campaigns are almost never the highlight of civility and politeness, in any country. A recent case of the Court, Karakó v. Hungary (Appl.no. 39311/05), concerns the accusation of libel by one politician against another during an electoral campaign. Please find below…
