Equality as Integral
08.11.2023
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
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
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?
Locating Progress in the European Convention on Human Rights
19.09.2023
Progress may seem to be a temporal concept. That is certainly how it is usually understood in the literature on progress and international law. Statements of progress are said, for...
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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
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
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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Turkey’s Constitutional Court Back to Old Tricks
26.04.2023
On March 9, 2023, Turkey's Constitutional Court (TCC) reversed its January 5, 2023 decision to "precautionarily" block the accounts of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the lawsuit demanding HDP’s...
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An Unneighborly Gift in Times of Need
20.04.2023
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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The Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights
02.03.2023
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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Die „Bundesnotbremse II“ aus dem Blickwinkel der EMRK
02.02.2023
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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Questions of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
27.01.2023
On 25 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its decision on the admissibility of the interstate complaints lodged by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia in relation...
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- Racial Profiling in Germany
Human Rights Standards for Accountability and Effective Remedies
13.12.2022
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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- Racial Profiling in Germany
Racial Profiling in Germany
13.12.2022
In Basu v. Germany, an international body reminded Germany once again of its less-than-perfect human rights record regarding racial discrimination. In this case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
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Immunity of International Organisations Discarded?
12.12.2022
Do international organisations enjoy immunity from jurisdiction under customary international law? In a recent ruling, Austria's Constitutional Court answered that question in the negative. The ruling arose in the context...
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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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Between Accuracy and Dignity
30.09.2022
Jan-Phillip Graf
Jannik Neumann
According to several news organizations, the Ukrainian forces use the facial recognition software Clearview AI to identify deceased Russian combatants in order to inform families about their kin’s death (here,...
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The Judgement of Solomon that went wrong: Georgia v. Russia (II) by the European Court of Human Rights
26.01.2021
On 21 January 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court or ECtHR) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the inter-state case Georgia v. Russia (II). This case concerns the...
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