Tag Archives: European Convention on Human Rights

7 February 2012

Who’s responsible for protecting terrorist suspects?

Posted by:

Maarten den Heijer

Topics:

International Human Rights

In its recent judgment in Othman, the European Court of Human Rights held that the United Kingdom could not expel a Muslim cleric suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda to Jordan. The judgment is of interest for our SHARES project, as the Court on the one hand cautions against international cooperation in the sphere of extradition of terrorist suspects – stressing the responsibilities under human rights law of expelling States – but on the other hand urges States that definitely wish to expel or extradite to do so only in close cooperation with receiving States so as to protect against maltreatment and to ensure a fair trial.

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21 September 2011

Update: Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights

Topics:

International Human Rights, International Organizations

The final version of the draft legal instruments on the Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights, released on 19 July 2011, can be found on the website of the Council of Europe.

Source: http://www.coe.int

4 April 2011

The MSS Case: Shifting Burdens and Evading Responsibilities?

Posted by:

Isabelle Swerissen

Topics:

European Union, International Human Rights, International Organizations, International Refugee Law

The European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark ruling in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece on 21 January 2011. The case concerned the expulsion of an asylum seeker to Greece by the Belgian authorities in application of European asylum law. Not only is this judgment extraordinarily rich, it also exposes serious flaws in the current European asylum regime.

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