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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,…
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New ECHR Readings
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New ECHR Readings and Comments
A large number of recent articles and ECHR case comments have been put online in the past few weeks. Please find an overview here: Normal 0 21 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;…
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New Book on ECHR and the Employment Relation
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ECHR Readings and Updates
As the days turn darker and colder here in the Netherlands, here is a new selection of recent ECHR-related journal articles for you to read: Normal 0 21 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;…
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New Book on Rule of Law and the European Court
Geranne Lautenbach (a junior associate at law firm NautaDutilh and an associate to the University of Amsterdam) has just published ‘The Concept of the Rule of Law and the European Court of Human Rights’ with Oxford University Press. This is the abstract:…
