Julie Maher

Julie Maher is a DPhil student at Balliol College, Oxford. |Julie Maher is a DPhil student at Balliol College, Oxford. |Julie Maher is a DPhil student at Balliol College, Oxford. |Julie Maher is a DPhil student at Balliol College, Oxford.

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SAS v France in Context: the margin of appreciation doctrine and protection of minorities

SAS v France in Context: the margin of appreciation doctrine and protection of minorities

In SAS v France the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that a French law prohibiting the concealment of the face in public places did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The ...
Proportionality analysis after Eweida and Others v. UK: Examining the Connections between Articles 9 and 10 of the ECHR

Proportionality analysis after Eweida and Others v. UK: Examining the Connections between Articles 9 and 10 of the ECHR

Until recently, questions regarding the theory and practice of the proportionality analysis in relation to the application of Article 9 of the ECHR to individuals were largely redundant. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ...
Religious Rights in the Balance: Eweida and Others v UK

Religious Rights in the Balance: Eweida and Others v UK

Yesterday’s decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida and Others v the UK has been described as something of a ‘mixed bag’. By a margin of 5 votes to 2 the Chamber ruled that Article 9 of the European Convention had ...
Eweida, Chaplin, Ladele and McFarlane v the United Kingdom: A Primer

Eweida, Chaplin, Ladele and McFarlane v the United Kingdom: A Primer

On Tuesday 15 January the European Court of Human Rights will give judgement on the applications of four Christian employees who contend that UK law fails to adequately protect their Convention rights. The facts of the case are ...