Sanchez and ZB v France: How Many More Restrictions to Freedom of Expression Should Strasbourg Accept?
Image Description: On a brick wall, the phrase ‘Free Speech’ is being written by a person, using spray paint. Below this phrase, the words ‘*Conditions apply’ has been written. On...
Protocol No. 15 to the ECHR: a new era of subsidiarity or a symbolic change?
Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights came into force in August 2021. It introduced several amendments, including the controversial addition of a recital to the Preamble,...
The Redundancy of Opposition: Patriots Only in Hong Kong’s “Legislature”
On 11 November 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) decided to disqualify four members of the emergency sixth-term Hong Kong Legislative Council (the “Decision”), as they...