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New Book on European Court Between Law and Politics
Jonas Christoffersen and Mikael Rask Madsen, of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and of the University of Copenhagen respectively, have edited the book ‘The European Court of Human Rights between Law and Politics’, now published by OUP. This is the abstract:…
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New Instructions and Statistics on Interim Measures
Responding to the earlier reported high rise in requests for interim measures, the Court has recently issued new instructions on such measures. They specifically relate to request concerning suspension of expulsions, which take up a big part of the total number of…
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New Edition of Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights
A brand new edition of the very accessible and practical (and elaborate) book ‘Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights’ by Philip Leach has just been published at Oxford University Press. Leach is both an academic – professor at…
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Summer Break
Dear readers, I am taking a summer break. No posting for the coming weeks. I will be back in the second half of August. Enjoy your summer, with or without the European Convention!
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Factsheet on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
For those who like summertime puzzles, the Court has now published a factsheet on its website on “Extra-territorial jurisdiction of ECHR States”. It contains the most important decisions and judgments on extraterritoriality of the ECHR of both the former Commission of Human…
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Strasbourg Consortium on Freedom of Conscience and Religion
As a particular niche for Strasbourg watchers, let me refer you to a anotehr website: the Strasbourg Consortium. It is a network of academic institutions interested in the issue of freedom of conscience and religion at the European Court of Human Rights.…
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Working Paper on Interim Measures
My friends and colleagues Yves Haeck, Clara Burbano Herrera, and Leo Zwaak (of Ghent and Utrecht University) have just posted a working paper on SSRN on the issue of interim measures of the European Court, on which they are specialists. The paper…
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New Articles on ECHR
The most recent issue of the Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal is out now (vol. 3, Nos. 1-2, 2010). It includes a number of articles that directly relate to the European Convention on Human Rights. These are: * Marc Bossuyt, ‘Judges…
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Paper on Rozakis’ Separate Opinions
George Letsas of University College London has posted a working paper on SSRN on the separate opinions of Greek ECtHR judge Rozakis. It’s entitled ‘Judge Rozakis’s Separate Opinions and the Strasbourg Dilemma’. This is the abstract: Separate opinions in the European Court…
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Swiss Minaret Decisions
Ever since 2009 when the Swiss people voted, through a referendum, to include in their Constitution a general ban on building minarets, it was to be expected that the European Court of Human Rights would be called upon sooner or later to…
