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New Book on Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law
Triestino Mariniello (Liverpool John Moores University) has edited a book Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law, published with Brill | Nijhoff. This is the book abstract: ‘This is the first English written book that includes the…
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Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos on Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives
Iulia Motoc, Lubarda Branko, Maria Tsirli, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Robert Spano have co-edited a Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos Procès Équitable: Perspectives Régionales et Internationales/Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives, published with Anthemis. The book contains contributions in French and English. The abstract…
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New Book on Migration and the ECHR
Başak Çalı (Hertie School), Ledi Bianku (University of Strasbourg) and Iulia Motoc (European Court of Human Rights) have co-edited the new book Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights, published with Oxford University Press. A video of the online launch of…
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New Book on Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 ECHR
Natasa Mavronicola (University of Birmingham) has published the new book Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR. Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs with Hart Legal Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This book theorises and concretises the idea of ‘absolute…
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Guest Post: Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria – A guide to public statements degrading minorities
by Emma Várnagy (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) Introduction The Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria judgment, issued on 16 February 2021, concerns anti-Roma statements made by a politician in Bulgaria. Another judgment issued on the same day, Behar and Gutman v…
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Conference ECHR – Beyond a Treaty
On 27 May, Utrecht University is holding an online conference titled The European Convention on Human Rights: Beyond a Treaty. The conference explores the ECHR, beyond its formal treaty character, as an inspirational and aspirational source of human rights. Concerning the former,…
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Webinar on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law
On 15 March, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law is organising a webinar on the Latest Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law. The speakers of the event are Lea Raible (Grasgow University), Aurel Sari (Exeter University) and…
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Guest Post: VCL & AN v UK – Prosecution of Trafficking Victims Breaches Article 4 ECHR
by: Colin Gregory (University of Leeds) Introduction On 16 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) assessed for the first time the prosecution of trafficking victims under Article 4 of the European Convention (ECHR), in VCL and AN v United…
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ECHR Webinars on Migration, Climate Change, European Consensus and Free Speech
For already a year, online teaching and conferences have become a new normal. Several scholars have already examined the pros and cons of this development (see e.g. here and here). Perhaps the most positive aspect relates to the fact that important academic…
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New Reports and Guides on Case-Law
A number of guides and reports on its case-law, have been published by the Court on its website. They include the following, partly entirely new, partly recently updated versions of existing documents: A new research report, entitled ‘Military operations overseas: state jurisdiction,…
