PluriCourts studies the legitimacy of multi-level human rights international Courts and Tribunals (ICs) at the regional and international levels. States have started to question the legitimacy of these ICs, for example, the professionalism of the members of those treaty bodies or how they stifle the scope of domestic decision making.
News
- New postdoctoral fellows: Johan Vorland Wibye and Matthias Brinkmann Sep. 10, 2020 9:22 AM
- State Consent: Team presentations during the PluriCourts Annual Conference June 29, 2020 9:49 AM
- Call for Papers: Political Legal Theory of International Courts and Tribunals 2020 Oct. 8, 2019 4:11 PM
Publications
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Human Rights Law Protection of Academics and Academic Work – its Importance and Limits
Chapter written by professor and director at PluriCourts, Geir Ulfstein.
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The Relationship Between the European Convention on Human Rights and Wider International Law
Special issue edited by Geir Ulfstein, Morten Ruud and Andreas Føllesdal in International Journal of Human Rights.
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Ethical capacity and its challenges in the academy of science: historical continuities and contemporary violence
Article by Kjersti Lohne published in Biologia Futura.
Projects
- The Intersection of the Law of Treaties and Human Rights Law: State Obligations Upon Signing a Treaty Granting Jurisdiction to an International Tribunal Adjudicating Human Rights Violations
- The Politics of Compliance with International Human Rights Courts (completed)
- MultiRights - The Legitimacy of Multi-Level Human Rights Judiciary (completed)
- Judicial Dialogues on the Rule of Law: Interaction between National Courts and the European Court of Human Rights (completed)
Blog posts
- Instituting a Global Sanctions Regime June 18, 2019 10:53 AM
- Researchers meet the European Court of Human Rights Dec. 17, 2018 2:27 PM
- Oslo Recommendations for Enhancing the Legitimacy of International Courts: international judges take a stand on current challenges facing the international justice system Aug. 1, 2018 12:17 PM