Samira is a Legal Researcher and teaching assistant of Law. Her work focuses on international procedural law. She holds a PhD from the University of Strasbourg, a LLM from the University of Lyon, and University Degrees of Common Law, German Law and Asian Law from the Institute of Comparative Law of the University of Lyon. Prior to the University of Strasbourg, she was a legal research assistant in the field of International Labour Law and Human Rights and a teaching assistant in the field of International Children's rights at the University of Montreal in Canada in parallel with her role as project coordinator at the international office for children's rights.
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The ECtHR’s use of Minimalist Strategies in Reproductive Cases: A Limit to the Conceptualization of Reproductive Rights
On 13 November 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ('Court') delivered its judgment in AR v Poland. An applicant alleged a violation of Article 8 of the ECHR, arguing that domestic law required her to carry a foetus to term even ...
Systemic racism: ECHR condemns France for discriminatory identity checks in one instance, but rejects five other applications
In its decision in Seydi et autres v France, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has condemned France for identity checks deemed "discriminatory." Checks are "the most widely carried out police operation in France," the ...
The ECHR Directs France Towards Better Protection of Minors against Sexual Offenses
On 24 April, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ordered France to pay compensation to three applicants on the grounds that it had failed to effectively protect them against sexual abuse when they were minors.
The European ...
Guaranteeing Respect for Children’s Image Rights: An Illusion of Protection?
Law n° 2024-120 dated 19 February 2024, related to guaranteeing respect for children’s image rights, modifies several articles of the French Civil Code relating to parental authority. It aims to better protect the image of children in ...
EU Artificial Intelligence Act Approved: What Remains Missing from this Compromise?
“We had one goal: to develop legislation that would ensure that the AI ecosystem in Europe develops with a human-centered approach respecting fundamental rights and European values, building trust, creating awareness, how we can make ...
Artificial Intelligence at the European Court of Human Rights
“As Judges we are all under a certain amount of pressure to perform more efficiently, to deliver justice more speedily. Artificial Intelligence offers certain opportunities in terms of case-processing. Yet the risks to human rights ...
L’intelligence artificielle à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
« En tant que juges, nous sommes tous soumis à une certaine pression pour être plus efficaces et rendre la justice plus rapidement. L’intelligence artificielle offre certaines possibilité en termes de traitement des dossiers. ...
