A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights
David Thór Björgvinsson was a judge of the European Court of Human Rights between 2004 and 2013. During this period, he was involved in many important judgments, including 'Scoppola v Italy (No. 3)',<a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]...
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doaj-b3346e3868fa4ffcafa8a620bb43b5ae2020-11-24T22:51:19ZengUbiquity PressUtrecht Journal of International and European Law2053-53412015-08-013181104111112A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human RightsGraham Butler0PhD Fellow, Centre for Comparative and European Constitutional Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (Denmark).David Thór Björgvinsson was a judge of the European Court of Human Rights between 2004 and 2013. During this period, he was involved in many important judgments, including 'Scoppola v Italy (No. 3)',<a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> <em>Eweida and others v United Kingdom</em>,<a title="" href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> and 'Al-Jedda v the United Kingdom';a title="" href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> amongst others, and went on to serve as Vice-President of the Fourth Section. He has degrees from the University of Iceland, Duke University School of Law, and the University of Strasbourg, and is currently a Professor of Law at the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In this interview, carried out in June 2015 for the Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, David Thór Björgvinsson outlined his views to Graham Butler on Opinion 2/13 from the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights,<a title="" href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> the workings of the European Court of Human Rights, and what the future may have in store for this Court.</p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> <em>Scoppola v Italy (No. 3)</em> (2013) 56 EHRR 19.</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <em>Eweida and others v United Kingdom</em> (2013) 57 EHRR 8.</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <em>Al-Jedda v the United Kingdom</em> (2011) 53 EHRR 23.</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> Opinion 2/13 (2014) Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, (not yet reported).</p></div></div>http://www.utrechtjournal.org/jms/article/view/231European Union lawCourt of Justice of the European UnionHuman rights lawEuropean Convention on Human RightsEuropean Court of Human Rights |
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A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and
European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights |
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A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and
European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights |
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A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and
European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights |
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A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and
European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights |
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A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument? Opinion 2/13 and
European Union Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights |
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political decision disguised as legal argument? opinion 2/13 and
european union accession to the european convention on human rights |
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David Thór Björgvinsson was a judge of the European Court
of Human Rights between 2004 and 2013. During this period, he was involved in many
important judgments, including 'Scoppola v Italy (No. 3)',<a
title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> <em>Eweida and others v United
Kingdom</em>,<a title="" href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> and 'Al-Jedda
v the United Kingdom';a title="" href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> amongst
others, and went on to serve as Vice-President of the Fourth Section. He has degrees
from the University of Iceland, Duke University School of Law, and the University of
Strasbourg, and is currently a Professor of Law at the Centre of Excellence for
International Courts (iCourts) at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
In this interview, carried out in June 2015 for the Utrecht Journal of International and
European Law, David Thór Björgvinsson outlined his views to Graham Butler on Opinion
2/13 from the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Union’s accession to the
European Convention on Human Rights,<a title="" href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> the
workings of the European Court of Human Rights, and what the future may have in store
for this Court.</p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1"
width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a>
<em>Scoppola v Italy (No. 3)</em> (2013) 56 EHRR
19.</p></div><div><p><a title=""
href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <em>Eweida and others v United
Kingdom</em> (2013) 57 EHRR 8.</p></div><div><p><a
title="" href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <em>Al-Jedda v the United
Kingdom</em> (2011) 53 EHRR 23.</p></div><div><p><a
title="" href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> Opinion 2/13 (2014) Accession of the European
Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms, (not yet reported).</p></div></div> |
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