The Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union: A New Panopticism

The Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA) is the European Union’s newest, and only, human rights institution. The FRA represents a new way of speaking about rights in the European Union, using ‘governance’ language. It was [...]

The European Union and Human Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon

This article considers the state of human rights protection in the European Union (EU) after the Treaty of Lisbon. The Lisbon Treaty introduced significant changes to human rights protection in the EU, the most significant of which lie in the [...]



Homosexuality, Freedom of Assembly and the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Alekseyev v Russia

A, B, C v Ireland: Abortion Law under the European Convention on Human Rights

Catherine Dauvergne, Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law



The Right to Life, Democracy and State Responsibility in ‘Urban Guerilla’ Conflict: The European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber Judgment in Giuliani and Gaggio v Italy

Books Received

Francois du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain (eds), Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Religion in the European Public Square and in European Public Life–Crucifixes in the Classroom?

This article has two central objectives. First, to critique the proper place of religion in the public square of modern European secular societies. Secondly, to critique the proper role of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to freedom of [...]

Bringing Muslim Minorities within the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination–Square Peg in a Round Hole?

In 2009, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) explicitly recognised the intersection between racial and religious discrimination.1 In this article, I consider the possibility and implications of the [...]