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‘Abduction of Europa’ (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Amsterdam - 1632 - fragment)

donderdag 26 september 2013

This week in Strasbourg - A roundup of the European Court of Human Rights' case law - week 39


EVIL LIBRARIES - "A story of human guilt, human weakness, sometimes courage." - ECtHR Antoneta Tudor v. Romania - Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights (right to respect for private and family life)

donderdag 5 september 2013

This week in Strasbourg - A roundup of the European Court of Human Rights' case law - week 36



WHAT’S (NOT) IN A NAME? - Article 8 Family Life - A married name is a family name or surname adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person (traditionally, the wife) assumes the family name of his or her spouse, that name replaces the person's birth name, which in the case of the wife is usually referred to as the maiden name. Since the 1970s, the term "birth name" has been increasingly used synonymously with "maiden name". Some feminists prefer the use of the term "birth name" as a more accurate label for the name received at birth, compared with "maiden name", which they criticize as being archaic and having sexual double standard implications.

woensdag 4 september 2013

The ECtHR celebrates the 60th anniversary of entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights

  

The European Convention on Human Rights, which was signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, entered into force on 3 September 1953. Under Article 66 of the Convention, the Convention’s entry into force was triggered by the deposit in Strasbourg of the tenth instrument of ratification, which was deposited by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.  President Dean Spielmann expressed satisfaction at the anniversary, saying: 

“Those who deposited the instrument of ratification believed that the Convention would form the bedrock of democratic Europe, an enterprise for peace and freedom. They considered it a great honour for Luxembourg to make possible the entry into force of what they described as ‘the finest European undertaking to date’. Sixty years on, we strive every day to continue on the course they charted for us.”

Since 1953, over 500,000 applications have been dealt with by the machinery set up under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Court has delivered approximately 16,500 judgments.