Antagonism is growing in the UK towards the ECtHR and the decisions it makes. Brexit removed the UK from the European Union, but for some, that was not enough.| Debbie Hayton
Au Royaume-Uni, l’hostilité envers la CEDH et ses arrêts ne cesse de grandir. Le Brexit a déjà coupé les ponts avec l’Union européenne, mais pour certains, ce n’était qu’un …| Debbie Hayton
The Grand Chamber ruled that Caster Semenya did not benefit from a fair hearing contrary to Article 6(1) European Convention on Human Rights. However, it did not extend Switzerland’s jurisdiction to her substantive complaints under Article 8 ECHR, taken alone or in conjunction with Article 14 ECHR, which go to the heart of her case. Although the GC was up against it in the current stormy political landscape of sex and gender, it could have gone further to protect fundamental rights.| Verfassungsblog
Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta recently concluded that Denmark’s so-called Ghetto Law constitutes direct discrimination based on ethnic origin and hence a violation of the Race Equality Directive. This blog highlights the harmful role of the integration narrative underlying the law and other coercive measures addressed towards “non-Western” Danes and non-Danes and the broader implications of the present case for challenging stereotypes embedded in integration policies and practices.| Verfassungsblog
Press release and jointly third-party intervention to the ECtHR concerning the South African athlete Caster Semenya.| OII Europe
