The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to rule on a right to...
Grégor Puppinck, PhD. Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ –Strasbourg) Strasbourg, 8 October 2013. At its last meeting (7 October 2013), the Grand Chamber panel of five judges...
View ArticleA human right to eugenics: publication of a study on the ECHR case of Costa...
The Italian law review “Diritto Mercato Tecnologia” has just published the English translation of my study on the case of Costa and Pavan v. Italy, (No. 54270/10, 28th August 2012). In this judgment,...
View Articlethe rise of homo-fascism
If you thought Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty is being treated unfairly by A&E, then you have to get a load of what is happening in Italy with regards to media treatment of dissenting views on...
View ArticleEuropean Human Rights Court to hear case on the status of the human embryo
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to hear the case of Adelina Parillo v. Italy (no 46470/11), which has serious implications for the question of the legal status enjoyed by the...
View ArticleThe Decline of the “Right” to Abortion in Europe
By Grégor Puppinck, PhD, The “right to abortion” is on the decline in Europe and in the United States which explains the will of the French government to reaffirm it. Two million abortions are legally...
View ArticleAbout the Spanish Draft Bill on Abortion
The European Centre for Law and Justice conducted a detailed analysis of the key provisions of the Spanish draft bill on abortion, comparing the law in force in other European countries as well as the...
View ArticleHuman rights and eugenics: the more precautious approach of the ECHR.
Human rights and eugenics: the more precautious approach of the ECHR. Short comments on A.K. v. Latvia (no. 33011/08) and M. P. and others against Romania, no. 39974/10, 15/04/2014 Recently, the ECHR...
View ArticleThe ECHR does not impose an obligation on Contracting States to grant...
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber, in the case of Hämäläinen v. Finland, Application no. 37359/09, 16 July 2014 reaffirmed: Regarding article 8 of the European Convention...
View ArticleSpanish Bill On Abortion : Balancing The Mother And Child’s Interests
Between Thursday, 3rd July and Friday, 4th July, 150 delegates from 16 different European and South American countries along with Spanish representatives met in the Spanish Parliament’s buildings for a...
View ArticleECHR: The applicant requesting a right to die was already dead
The Court ruled that it cannot be abusively instrumentalized for strategic litigation. Andreea Popescu and Grégor Puppinck On 30 September 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human...
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