The Impact of Academic Work on Asylum and Immigration at the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) plays a major role in shaping access to protection in Europe for refugees and other migrants, and the content of that protection. The jurisprudence of the ECtHR on asylum and immigration has long been analysed (and critiqued) by legal academics, some of whom inhabit the dual role of academic and practitioner and who have brought their research before the Court. Yet, relatively little is known about how practitioners engage with academic work and how legal academic work can develop practical impact in the ECtHR’s courtrooms. This blog series examines the relationship between academic work and practice focused on migrants’ rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
‘Beyond the Façade’ – A Pragmatic Approach on Immigration Detention That Paves the Way for Fair Trial Rights Recognition
Blog post by Dr Lorenzo Bernardini, University of Luxembourg Introduction In recent years, the issue of administrative immigration detention has ignited fervent debates across Europe. According to the definition provided by international bodies and scholars,...
Dubious Distinctions? Calling the European Court of Human Rights to account for its differential treatment of immigrants in its Article 8 expulsion jurisprudence
Bog post by Dr Alan Desmond, University of Leicester Introduction Immigrants facing expulsion from Council of Europe member states sometimes seek to resist their removal by arguing that it would violate their right to respect for private and / or family life, as...
Evidencing pushbacks: How the ECtHR may request information from states
Blog post by Isabel Kienzle, PhD candidate at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg * Introduction Pushbacks are difficult to evidence. In broad terms, pushbacks are measures by states that force migrants back at international borders without an individual assessment of their...
Academic Third-Party Interventions before the ECtHR in the Field of Asylum and Migration: The Experience of the Human Rights Centre at Ghent University
Blog post by Prof Eva Brems and Prof Ellen Desmet, Ghent University Introduction The procedure before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offers a direct way through which scholars can bring their research to the attention of the Court in the course of its...
Reflections on the Role of Academic Work at the ECtHR
Blog post by Dr Françoise Tulkens, Vice-President and Judge Emeritus at the ECtHR Introduction Reflecting on the role of academic work at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) enables me to reconcile my double life as an academic (researcher at the National Fund...
How can Academic Work on Asylum and Immigration have greater Impact in the European Court of Human Rights?
Blog post by Dr Maja Grundler, Royal Holloway University of London Introduction The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) plays a major role in shaping access to protection in Europe for refugees and other migrants, and the content of that protection. The...