About the blog and workshop

This ECtHR Workshop blog was established to provide a new scientific forum for the participants of the Tampere workshop in October 2015 to discuss on matters related to the European Court of Human Rights.

We are going to provide papers from the Workshop during upcoming months and provide other blog texts in relation to relevant issues under the theme of the ECtHR research.

viljanenPrincipal Editor of the blog is Dr Jukka Viljanen.

Dr Jukka Viljanen has been Adjunct Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Tampere since 2006 and has a permanent position as University Lecturer of Public Law.

His PhD thesis concerned the European Convention on Human Rights as a developer of general doctrines of Human Rights Law (2003). He has also been visiting scholar at the Netherlands Human Rights Institute (SIM) in Utrecht. He has given regularly expert opinions before the Constitutional Law Committee of Finnish Parliament.

In 2007-2009 he carried out a post-doctoral project called “Transformation of the European Court of Human Rights. Towards the Status of the Constitutional Court of Europe”, funded by the Academy of Finland. He has published extensively on the European Court of Human Rights. His latest research interests have focused on human rights dialogue within European and international systems and specific focus has been on the extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Recently he did evaluation of the first Finnish National Human Rights Action Plan for the Ministry of Justice. Most recently he has been in charge of a research project on the Finnish Constitutional Environmental Right funded by the Ministry of Environment Now he is responsible for Tampere group of NORDPLUS Law and Media Network.

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Editor of the blog Doctoral student Heta Heiskanen

Heta-Elena Heiskanen is currently preparing her PhD on “The European Court of Human Rights as a Developer of State Environmental Responsibility” in University of Tampere, Finland.

In addition, Heiskanen was the Principal Investigator in the Right to environment –research group working in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment of Finland. The project analysed, how the right to environment (The Finnish Constitution Section 20) is protected by the law and practice.

She was also part of the evaluation team of the first Finnish Human Rights Action Plan. Currently she gives lectures in University of Tampere on courses such as “Human Rights law”,and on Master’s level  “Specialization on European Human Rights Law”. She is also a visiting lecturer in University of Vaasa for the course of  Fundamental and Human Rights.

Before the career as a researcher, Heiskanen has worked for the Government in different legal matters dealing with the Finnish international obligations. In addition she has experience from the District Court, EFTA-Court and private law firm.

Participants of the workshop

Senior scholars

Dr. Ed Bates, University of Leicester, author of the book ”Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights”

Dr. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool, author of the book “European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights”

Dr. Matti Pellonpää, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Justice of Supreme Administrative Court

Dr. Pauli Rautiainen, University of Tampere

Dr. Jukka Viljanen, University of Tampere

Dostoral students

Kristiina Honko, University of Tampere

Rachael Ita, University of Derby, the United Kingdom

Dmitrij Lisovkij, Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona, Spain

Elina Todorov University of Tampere

Aristi Volou, University of Leicester, the United Kingdom

Oliver Butler, University of Cambridge, the United Kingdom

Nasiya Daminova, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

Elena Ervas, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Italy

Emma Lehtinen University of Tampere

Elina Pekkarinen University of Tampere

Başak Bağlayan,  University of Luxemburg

Johannes Hendrik Fahner, University of Luxemburg

Marco Bocchi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Heta Heiskanen, University of Tampere

Flutura Kusari, University of Ghent, Belgium

Helen Küchler, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany

Programme of the workshop

University of Tampere, School of Management

Research Group of Public Law

Thursday 22 October and Friday 23 October 2015

 

Workshop programme

Day 1 Thursday 22 October 2015

14.15-16.30 Opening lectures* Place: Pinni B 1100, Pinni B Building, First floor

”Reconciliation between Human Rights and Development Policy”

Dr. Nina Nordström, Head of the Human Rights Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

“Why the United Kingdom is so Uncomfortable with Strasbourg?”

Dr. Ed Bates, University of Leicester, author of the book ”Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights”

“Linking European Consensus and International Human Rights Law”

Dr. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool, author of the book “European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights”

* These lectures are arranged in co-operation with the Course of Fighting against human rights violations and social injustices

16.45-18.00 ECtHR Poster Café: participants are invited to provide posters introducing their research and its relation to the European Court of Human Rights to other participants. Place: Cabinet between Pinni B and Pinni A buildings. First floor.

18.00-21 Dinner. Informal gathering to meet the participants,

Place: Café Pinni, Pinni A Building, First floor

 

 

Day 2: Friday 23 October 2015

Doctoral Workshop 9.15-16.30

Place: Pinni B 3116, Pinni B Building, Third floor

9.15-9.45 Key note presentation “Some observations on the ECtHR and development of its doctrines: Interpretation in light of the object and purpose of the Convention”

Dr. Matti Pellonpää, Former Judge of the ECtHR, Justice at the Supreme Administrative Court

9.45-11.30 Session I: “Living instrument”

(Facilitators Ed Bates & Jukka Viljanen)

Kristiina Honko, University of Tampere

Rachael Ita, University of Derby, the United Kingdom

Dmitrij Lisovkij, Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona, Spain

Elina Todorov University of Tampere

Aristi Volou, University of Leicester, the United Kingdom

11.30-12.15 Lunch Break, Restaurant Aleksis, Technopolis

12.15-13.45 Session II: “Emerging consensus”

(Facilitators Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Pauli Rautiainen)

Oliver Butler, University of Cambridge, the United Kingdom

Nasiya Daminova, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

Elena Ervas, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Italy

Emma Lehtinen University of Tampere

Elina Pekkarinen University of Tampere

Coffee Break

14.15-15.30 Session III: “Effective and practical”

(Facilitators Matti Pellonpää & Jukka Viljanen)

Başak Bağlayan & Johannes Hendrik Fahner, University of Luxemburg

Marco Bocchi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Heta Heiskanen, University of Tampere

Flutura Kusari, University of Ghent, Belgium

Helen Küchler, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany

 

15.30-16.30 Final session. Summary discussion: What have we learned?

16.30 Closing of the Workshop

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