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Less Than 1 Euro Not a Significant Disadvantage
The European Court is continuing to make clear that it will use the new criterion of a lack of a significant disadvantage for applicants (introduced by Protocol 14 ECHR) to declare cases inadmissible. In a July decision in a case called Korolev…
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Legitimacy of Human Rights Review at the ECtHR
Professor Andreas Føllesdal of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has posted ‘The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Review: The Case of the European Court of Human Rights’ on SSRN. The article, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy (Vol. 40-4, 2009,…
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New: Irish Human Rights Law Review
Earlier this year, a new journal was launched: the Irish Human Rights Law Review. In a way it is a kind of yearbook since it will be published once a year. This is what the first editorial says about the review: A…
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Book on National Judicial Treatment of ECHR
A new book on the use of the ECHR by national judges, in a comparative perspective, also with EU law, has been published: ‘The National Judicial Treatment of the ECHR and EU Laws’ (Europa Law Publishing 2010). A Comparative Constitutional Perspective’. It…
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New Articles on ECHR (Hate Speech, Minorities, and More)
I am back after a summer break with fresh energy and a new reading notification for this blog’s readers: Uladzislau Belavusau, a Ph.D. researcher at the European University Institute in Florence has published ‘Dernier Cri from Strasbourg: An Ever Formidable Challenge of…
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Blog’s Summer Break
This blog is taking a one month summer break. I will be back at the beginning of August and wish all the readers of this blog a very good summer!
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Summer Readings on ECHR
As one of the final round-ups for the summer, please find below the latest ECHR-related articles from SIM’’s current contents selection of human rights articles. Enjoy reading! * T. Esteban Fernández, ‘Environmental cases in the ECHR: a focus in noise pollution’, Yearbook…
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Special Issue Greek Law Journal on ECHR
A special issue of the Greek Law Journal “Nomiko Vima” has just been published online with a range of articles celebrating last year’s fifth decade of existence of the European Court of Human Rights. With over twenty contributions, mostly in English, some…
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First Decision on Lack of a Significant Disadvantage
On the very day of the entry into force of Protocol 14, 1 June 2010, the Court immediately seized the opportunity to start using a new key admissibility criterion introduced by that Protocol, as a press release of the Court highlights this…
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Article on ECHR and Abortion
Shannon Calt has just posted a comment on the upcoming ECHR decision in A, B, and C v. Ireland, a case on abortion. The article, entitled ‘A., B. & C. v. Ireland: ‘Europe’s Roe v. Wade’?’ was published in the Lewis &…
