Monthly archive April, 2017

Beyond the ‘spirit of systemic harmonization’: The devil is in the details (forthcoming)

Forthcoming

The Al-Dulimi Case before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: Business as usual? Test of Equivalent Protection, (Constitutional) Hierarchy and Systemic Integration

1. Introduction In June 2016, the Grand Chamber (GC) of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the Court) delivered its judgment in the case of Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inc v Switzerland.[1] The GC confirmed the findings of the Chamber (C) that had examined the case in 2013,[2] but appears to have departed in...

Back to consistency? The relationship between UNSC resolutions and the ECHR after the Grand Chamber’s decision in Al-Dulimi II

Introduced by Maurizio Arcari On 21 June 2016 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its definitive judgment in the case of Al-Dulimi v Switzerland,[1] addressing the legality under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) of confiscation of asset measures imposed on an Iraqi national by Swiss authorities...