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New ECHR Online Reports and Case-Law Comments
Please find an overview below of recent ECHR-related Council of Europe reports and online coments on other blogs relatign to the ECHR, for your convenience. The first is a report adopted by the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the…
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New Book on European Human Rights Culture
Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz, Xavier Groussot and Gunnar Thor Petursson have published an edited volume with Brill Publishers entitled ‘The European Human Rights Culture – A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe?’. This is the abstract: The European Human Rights Culture…
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Perinçek Judgment on Genocide Denial
It is my pleasure to present a guest post by a familiar author to returning readers of this blog, professor Dirk Voorhoof of Ghent University has written a guest commentary on the judgment in Perinçek v. Switzerland (Appl.no. 27510/08 of 17 December 2013,only…
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Happy 2014 and New ECHR Readings
Dear readers, first of all my very best wishes for the new year 2014! My home base, the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) has started 2014 with a new online look by launching its new website which will keep you posted…
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Christmas Break
This blog and its blogger are going on a Christmas break. I wish all readers a very good and relaxing holiday season with hopefully many opportunities to be together with loved ones and to dream of a Europe and a world in…
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Conference on Shifting Centres of Gravity in European Human Rights Protection
I am happy to announce a conference that the University of Iceland Human Rights Institute is organising on 6 and 7 March 2014 in Reyjkjavik. The conference, entitled ‘Shifting Centres of Gravity in European Human Rights Protection’ is organised by esteemed colleague…
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X v Latvia Child Abduction Grand Chamber Judgment
A few weeks ago, the Grand Chamber issued its judgment in the case of X. v Latvia (appl.no 27853/09) on child abduction by one of the parents. The judgment relates amongst other to the “best interests of the child”. I am happy…
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Al-Dulimi UN Sanctions Judgment
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post by my colleague here at SIM, dr Stephan Hollenberg, on the recent case of Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inc v Switzerland, which focuses on UN sanctions. Stephan defended his PhD last year on…
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Stricter Rules for Lodging Complaints at the European Court
Even long before a future entry into force of Protocol 15 to the ECHR which will render the time limits of applying to the Court shorter, changes are around the corner: as of 1 January 2014 a new rule 47 of the…
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René Cassin Competition 2014
The newest edition of the René Cassin Human Rights Moot Court has been launched. The French-language competition will take place at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 10 and 11 April 2014. The time schedule, including deadlines for participation,…
