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From Text to Meaning: Unpacking the Semiotics of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Through an analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ decisions concerning the practice of veiling, this article problematises the...
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BREXIT and the European Convention on Human Rights
I am very grateful to have been invited to address this distinguished audience tonight on the topic of “BREXIT and the European Convention on Human...
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Islandness and the European Court of Human Rights: Marooning Rights on Islands?
Some 80 million people live on European islands. It thus comes as no surprise that a number of cases brought before the European Court of Human...
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Lost in translation? The European Convention on Human Rights at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is not known as a human rights court. Instead, its primary focus is on applying and interpreting the...
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It Never Rains but it Pours. The Polish Constitutional Tribunal Declares the European Convention on Human Rights Unconstitutional
This article deals with a new development in the jurisprudence of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal: the Tribunal’s finding that art. 6 of the...
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The European Convention on Human Rights: A Constitution for Europe?
Interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as “living instrument” has made it possible for a text elaborated in the 1950s to become...
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Protecting the rights of judges: the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Juszczyszyn v Poland and Tuleya v. Poland
This article examines two rulings of the European Court of Human Rights on the rights of independent Polish judges in Juszczyszyn v. Poland and Tuleya...
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European Convention on Human Rights and National Constitutional Orders
The extent to which the national constitutional jurisdictions of the Council of Europe member states implement and strive for harmony with the case...
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Equality and Heteronormativity: Heterosexual Majority and Homosexual Minority in the European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights protects equality through the principle of non-discrimination. However, this approach currently leads to...
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Intended or new parenthood? The child’s best interest: Italy and the European Court of Human Rights
The article investigates domestic and supranational responses towards new forms of parenthood in the light of the child’s best interest. Examining...
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Pushbacks, border deaths and the right to life: the recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Faced with restrictive border policies, third-country nationals are increasingly turning to the European Court of Human Rights to protect their...
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Speech that Isn’t Mine: Obligations Under the European Court of Human Rights
In 2023, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued its ruling in the case of Sanchez v France. The case revolved around the...
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Protection of Property Under the European Convention on Human Rights
This article explores the protection of property under the European Convention on Human Rights. It discusses the extent of the concept of...
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Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion Under the European Convention on Human Rights: New Approaches
Freedom of religion or belief is a core freedom that enshrines the capacity for individual self-determination of one’s own convictions by promoting...
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The European Court of Human Rights and the Courts of the High Contracting Parties—Specifically Regarding the Consequences of the Imminent Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights
The relationship between a constitutional court and the ordinary, administrative, financial, social and labour courts contains certain...
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The European Constitutional Space: The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union
In presenting the general characteristics of contemporary European constitutionalism (► Sect. 6.2 ), I have...
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Physical and sexual abuse against young athletes in sport in light of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Numerous young athletes have suffered from physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their coaches. Despite this, the European Court of Human Rights...
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Public disclosure of personal data before the European Court of Human Rights and the General Court of the European Union
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the General Court of the European Union (EU) recently rendered judgments which are relevant to public...
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Proving Domestic Violence as Gender Structural Discrimination before the European Court of Human Rights
Since Opuz v. Turkey (2009), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered over a dozen judgments in which it examined domestic violence...
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The Right to Die Under the European Convention on Human Rights
This chapter analyses the European Court of Human Rights case law regarding the right to die. The Court has made important statements within very few...