European Court of Human Rights Archives

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Equality as Integral

08.11.2023

Vandita Khanna

Duarte Agostinho, the ‘biggest-yet climate case’ before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has, among other things, framed climate change as an issue of inequality....

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Why a Court Alone Won’t Bring Us to Heaven

12.10.2023

Julian A. Hettihewa

On 27 September 2023, the case of Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others (no. 39371/20) was heard by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human...

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Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

Towards a Feminist Interpretation of the ECHR’s Provisions on Access to Abortion

21.09.2023

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

While applications regarding the incompatibility of deadly restrictive abortion policies with the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) are piling up before the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘Court’),...

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Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?

Border Dialectics: Progress, Regress, and Resistance

20.09.2023

Giulia Raimondo

Received knowledge about the protection of migrants in international law tells a story of progress. A story of expanded refugee definitions, complementary protection, and extraterritorial obligations. Yet a counternarrative has...

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Not You Again!

07.09.2023

Theresa Bosl

Mass surveillance has been a recurring issue before courts around the globe, including the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In the last cases brought before the CJEU,...

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Protecting Human Rights During the Climate Crisis

04.09.2023

Pranav Ganesan Helen Keller

This blogpost was inspired by a question that arose in an international climate case concerning emissions reductions obligations under human rights law. During the oral proceedings of KlimaSeniorinnen and Others...

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Who Is Responsible for Ensuring Human Rights in Global Sport?

04.08.2023

Michele Krech

In Semenya v. Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the Court) has weighed in on the issue of sex testing in sport. The decision comes after a series...

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International Problems Require International Answers

12.07.2023

Joel Bella Julia Heuwing

This year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is expected to deal with several climate change cases, through which the complainants seek to hold their countries of origin responsible...

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Inhuman and Degrading ‘Hotspots’ at the EU Borders

27.04.2023

Kilian Schayani Max Maydell

On 4 April 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) published its judgment A.D. v. Greece, for the first time condemning the living conditions in the so-called ‘Hotspots’ on...

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An Unneighborly Gift in Times of Need

20.04.2023

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

In February 2023, the news of devastating deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria shook the globe. The horrifying effects of these earthquakes led to a death toll that has surpassed...

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A Court, Not a Policymaker

31.03.2023

Lorenz Wielenga

On Wednesday, under the eyes of great public interest, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) opened a chapter to what may become the ECtHR’s greatest...

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The Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights

02.03.2023

Petra Sussner

Over the last decades, the regulation of gender and sexuality has undergone major changes in Europe. From Athens to Reykjavik, same-sex unions are legal reality. States must no longer require...

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The Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights

09.02.2023

Jens T. Theilen

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has a long history of adjudicating cases concerning sexual orientation and gender identity. Many of those cases involved the controversial interpretive approach known...

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Die „Bundesnotbremse II“ aus dem Blickwinkel der EMRK

02.02.2023

Isabella Risini

Die bundesweiten Schulschließungen in Deutschland infolge der Corona-Pandemie im Jahr 2021, die Gegenstand des Beschlusses des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 19. November 2021 waren, liegen nun dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR)...

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Racial Profiling in Germany

Racist Police Practices

15.12.2022

Lisa Washington

In 2012, Biplab Basu and his daughter rode a train from Prague to Berlin. The train had just passed the Czech Republic, when two German federal police officers got on...

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Racial Profiling in Germany

Race and Empire in International Law

14.12.2022

Anna Hankings-Evans

The prohibition of racial discrimination has played a marginal role within the global human rights agenda. This corresponds to the subordination and neglect of ‘race’ in how international legal scholars...

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Racial Profiling in Germany

Human Rights Standards for Accountability and Effective Remedies

13.12.2022

Elisabeth Kaneza

In Germany, for a long time, racial profiling was regarded as a problem that exists in other countries. However, in recent years more victims of racial discrimination have brought cases...

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Rewriting als Methode

14.10.2022

Petra Sussner

Es war zur Jahrtausendwende, als das Rewriting in der Luft lag. Und das tut es heute wieder. Rewriting steht hier für die Methode, Gerichtsentscheidungen aus spezifischen Perspektiven und Regeln neu...

Book Review

The Principle of Effectiveness

10.10.2022

Daniel Rietiker Sofie Steller

In his latest book, Georgios A. Serghides, Judge and Section Vice-President at the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the ‘Court’), delves into the interpretation and application of the European...

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Out of Sight, out of Mind?

27.06.2022

Jona Höni

On June 14th 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued an interim measure against the United Kingdom, effectively halting a deportation flight at the 11th hour that would...