Helen Keller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3606402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Keller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Keller |
| SIGNATURE | KELLER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5228-1359 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1946 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Use of Scientific Experts in Environmental Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights
This article argues that the current approach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to evaluating scientific evidence is lacking and hampers its ability to properly handle cases involving questions of science, and particularly environmental cases which are replete with them. It identifies three problem areas in relation to the ECtHR's adjudication of such cases: the evaluation of evidence proving the causation of harm; the extent of the C…
Switzerland
As a neutral country, Switzerland takes a special role in the international community. This chapter analyses the role of international law through the lens of Swiss neutrality. Swiss neutrality is a multidimensional concept that interlocks with historical, political, and legal developments and ideas. In order to understand the role of neutrality in Switzerland, this chapter first explains the concept of neutrality. It then provides an account of …
Expanding NGOs’ standing
Due to the nature of environmental litigation, expanding the standing of actors that could bring claims to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – has become a pressing need. This article explores the current approach to NGOs’ standing to bring environment-related claims before the ECtHR. In particular, by drawing on the Aarhus Convention, the article explores NGOs’ important role before the EC…
Die »Verfestigung«, »Verschiebung« und »Vervielfachung« von Grenzen im 21. Jahrhundert
The 4th edition of the first volume of this work provides an update of the commentary on the preamble and articles 1 to 19 in case law and literature. The structure of the book has been retained and its content supplemented by more recent developments, such as the implications of Europeanisation and digitalisation as well as the Corona pandemic. As of the 4th edition, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf has taken over the editorship of the commentary.
Klimagerechtigkeit durch Klimaklagen
Immer mehr klimarelevante Verfahren erreichen Verfassungsgerichte und Menschenrechtsinstanzen. Diese Verfahren zeigen, dass der Klimawandel die Grund- und Menschenrechte in grundsätzlicher Weise herausfordert. Auch Fragen der Klimagerechtigkeit treten in diesen Verfahren immer häufiger auf, zB in Bezug auf die Extraterritorialität und die Opfereigenschaft. Eine menschenrechtliche Perspektive – insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung von besonderen Ve…
The Future is Now
This article evaluates the potential role of the European Court of Human Rights in adjudicating cases related to climate change. The Court is currently facing its first four climate applications, and addressing them is more than a routine process of applying existing case law. These cases speak to fundamental questions regarding the Court’s engagement with systemic problems, politically and technically challenging issues, and its own subsidiarity…
Something Ventured, Nothing Gained?—Remedies before the ECtHR and Their Potential for Climate Change Cases
The European Court of Human Rights stands before what may be its greatest challenge: addressing current and impending human rights violations stemming from climate change. As the first climate cases trickle into the Court’s docket, and speculation about the Court’s response grows, many questions remain to be answered. Perhaps the matter of greatest uncertainty relates to the type and degree of redress that the Court can offer in this context. Thi…
Friendly Relations Declaration (1970)
Reporting Systems
Evasion of the international law of state responsibility? The ECtHR’s jurisprudence on positive and preventive obligations under Article 3
While it is evident that the ECtHR’s main task is applying the ECHR, it is debatable whether the Court has adequate regard to general international law when considering questions left open by the ECHR. We contribute to this debate from a normative perspective. We discuss the criticism that the Court unduly evades the ARSIWA by applying an expansive positive obligations doctrine. We submit that the Court’s propensity to focus on preventive obligat…
The human rights covenants at 50
Half a century ago, on 16 December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). While the adoption of the two UN human rights covenants was celebrated all over the world, their 50th anniversary has received very little attention from the international community. The present book marks this anniversary by takin…
Independence and Impartiality in The Judicial Trilemma
Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack's article is an important and very welcome contribution to the discussion about judicial values. The authors argue that with respect to judicial independence, transparency, and accountability "judicial systems face inherent trade-offs, such that any given court can maximize two, but not all three, of these features." In our eyes, the article's most important contribution is its holistic view: it shows why the…
Reconceptualizing Implementation
This article proposes a shift of perspective concerning the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments. Acknowledging that implementation of the Court’s judgments is primarily of a political and domestic nature, the authors argue that the process has become increasingly internationalized and judicialized by the ECtHR in recent years. Taking a broad, three-tiered perspective that distinguishes between the pre-judgment stage…
Enforced Disappearance and the European Court of Human Rights
The jurisprudence of human rights bodies has long played a role in ensuring accountability for enforced disappearance: the European Court of Human Rights, for example, has dealt with a large number of applications concerning disappearances perpetrated in the jurisdiction of the Council of Europe member states. This article concerns one of the main challenges facing the European Court in the context of such cases, namely the behaviour of these sam…
State Security v Freedom of Expression
On 31 March 2009, the UN Human Rights Committee (‘the Committee’) adopted its views in the case of A.K. and A.R. v Uzbekistan.1 The Committee held that the conviction of the two authors, who were Uzbek citizens, for seeking, receiving and imparting information and radical ideas related to Islam did not violate any of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 (ICCPR).2 The case is a telling example of the acut…
The UN Anti-terror Sanctions Regime under Pressure
The plague of international terrorism has not only resulted in a ripple effect on national legislative activity, particularly in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, but it has also led to wide consensus within the international community to adopt a prompt and effective response to counter the financing of terrorism. In its fight against terrorism, the United Nations Security Council (SC) has resorted to the same strategy inaugurated in 199…
Special Representative
A Tightrope Walk between Legality and Legitimacy
The Israeli official policy of targeted killing has often been a subject of controversy and criticism. Although still applied by the state of Israel, this cruel practice was recently limited in a courageous decision handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court. The new restrictions on targeted killing represent an important step towards its criminalization. Despite this, the Court's interpretation of the international humanitarian law requirements is…
The World I Live in
How I Became a Socialist
The story of how Helen Keller , struck blind and deaf while a toddler, overcame her disabilities with the help of her teacher
Great Teachers
Reconceptualizing Implementation
This article proposes a shift of perspective concerning the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments. Acknowledging that implementation of the Court’s judgments is primarily of a political and domestic nature, the authors argue that the process has become increasingly internationalized and judicialized by the ECtHR in recent years. Taking a broad, three-tiered perspective that distinguishes between the pre-judgment stage…
A Tightrope Walk between Legality and Legitimacy
The Israeli official policy of targeted killing has often been a subject of controversy and criticism. Although still applied by the state of Israel, this cruel practice was recently limited in a courageous decision handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court. The new restrictions on targeted killing represent an important step towards its criminalization. Despite this, the Court's interpretation of the international humanitarian law requirements is…
Expanding NGOs’ standing
Due to the nature of environmental litigation, expanding the standing of actors that could bring claims to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – has become a pressing need. This article explores the current approach to NGOs’ standing to bring environment-related claims before the ECtHR. In particular, by drawing on the Aarhus Convention, the article explores NGOs’ important role before the EC…
Something Ventured, Nothing Gained?—Remedies before the ECtHR and Their Potential for Climate Change Cases
The European Court of Human Rights stands before what may be its greatest challenge: addressing current and impending human rights violations stemming from climate change. As the first climate cases trickle into the Court’s docket, and speculation about the Court’s response grows, many questions remain to be answered. Perhaps the matter of greatest uncertainty relates to the type and degree of redress that the Court can offer in this context. Thi…
Independence and Impartiality in The Judicial Trilemma
Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack's article is an important and very welcome contribution to the discussion about judicial values. The authors argue that with respect to judicial independence, transparency, and accountability "judicial systems face inherent trade-offs, such that any given court can maximize two, but not all three, of these features." In our eyes, the article's most important contribution is its holistic view: it shows why the…
Great Teachers
The World I Live in
How I Became a Socialist
The story of how Helen Keller , struck blind and deaf while a toddler, overcame her disabilities with the help of her teacher
Special Representative
A Tightrope Walk between Legality and Legitimacy
The Israeli official policy of targeted killing has often been a subject of controversy and criticism. Although still applied by the state of Israel, this cruel practice was recently limited in a courageous decision handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court. The new restrictions on targeted killing represent an important step towards its criminalization. Despite this, the Court's interpretation of the international humanitarian law requirements is…
The UN Anti-terror Sanctions Regime under Pressure
The plague of international terrorism has not only resulted in a ripple effect on national legislative activity, particularly in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, but it has also led to wide consensus within the international community to adopt a prompt and effective response to counter the financing of terrorism. In its fight against terrorism, the United Nations Security Council (SC) has resorted to the same strategy inaugurated in 199…
State Security v Freedom of Expression
On 31 March 2009, the UN Human Rights Committee (‘the Committee’) adopted its views in the case of A.K. and A.R. v Uzbekistan.1 The Committee held that the conviction of the two authors, who were Uzbek citizens, for seeking, receiving and imparting information and radical ideas related to Islam did not violate any of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 (ICCPR).2 The case is a telling example of the acut…
Enforced Disappearance and the European Court of Human Rights
The jurisprudence of human rights bodies has long played a role in ensuring accountability for enforced disappearance: the European Court of Human Rights, for example, has dealt with a large number of applications concerning disappearances perpetrated in the jurisdiction of the Council of Europe member states. This article concerns one of the main challenges facing the European Court in the context of such cases, namely the behaviour of these sam…
Reconceptualizing Implementation
This article proposes a shift of perspective concerning the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments. Acknowledging that implementation of the Court’s judgments is primarily of a political and domestic nature, the authors argue that the process has become increasingly internationalized and judicialized by the ECtHR in recent years. Taking a broad, three-tiered perspective that distinguishes between the pre-judgment stage…
Independence and Impartiality in The Judicial Trilemma
Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack's article is an important and very welcome contribution to the discussion about judicial values. The authors argue that with respect to judicial independence, transparency, and accountability "judicial systems face inherent trade-offs, such that any given court can maximize two, but not all three, of these features." In our eyes, the article's most important contribution is its holistic view: it shows why the…
The human rights covenants at 50
Half a century ago, on 16 December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). While the adoption of the two UN human rights covenants was celebrated all over the world, their 50th anniversary has received very little attention from the international community. The present book marks this anniversary by takin…
Evasion of the international law of state responsibility? The ECtHR’s jurisprudence on positive and preventive obligations under Article 3
While it is evident that the ECtHR’s main task is applying the ECHR, it is debatable whether the Court has adequate regard to general international law when considering questions left open by the ECHR. We contribute to this debate from a normative perspective. We discuss the criticism that the Court unduly evades the ARSIWA by applying an expansive positive obligations doctrine. We submit that the Court’s propensity to focus on preventive obligat…
Friendly Relations Declaration (1970)
Reporting Systems
Die »Verfestigung«, »Verschiebung« und »Vervielfachung« von Grenzen im 21. Jahrhundert
The 4th edition of the first volume of this work provides an update of the commentary on the preamble and articles 1 to 19 in case law and literature. The structure of the book has been retained and its content supplemented by more recent developments, such as the implications of Europeanisation and digitalisation as well as the Corona pandemic. As of the 4th edition, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf has taken over the editorship of the commentary.
Klimagerechtigkeit durch Klimaklagen
Immer mehr klimarelevante Verfahren erreichen Verfassungsgerichte und Menschenrechtsinstanzen. Diese Verfahren zeigen, dass der Klimawandel die Grund- und Menschenrechte in grundsätzlicher Weise herausfordert. Auch Fragen der Klimagerechtigkeit treten in diesen Verfahren immer häufiger auf, zB in Bezug auf die Extraterritorialität und die Opfereigenschaft. Eine menschenrechtliche Perspektive – insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung von besonderen Ve…
The Future is Now
This article evaluates the potential role of the European Court of Human Rights in adjudicating cases related to climate change. The Court is currently facing its first four climate applications, and addressing them is more than a routine process of applying existing case law. These cases speak to fundamental questions regarding the Court’s engagement with systemic problems, politically and technically challenging issues, and its own subsidiarity…
Something Ventured, Nothing Gained?—Remedies before the ECtHR and Their Potential for Climate Change Cases
The European Court of Human Rights stands before what may be its greatest challenge: addressing current and impending human rights violations stemming from climate change. As the first climate cases trickle into the Court’s docket, and speculation about the Court’s response grows, many questions remain to be answered. Perhaps the matter of greatest uncertainty relates to the type and degree of redress that the Court can offer in this context. Thi…
Switzerland
As a neutral country, Switzerland takes a special role in the international community. This chapter analyses the role of international law through the lens of Swiss neutrality. Swiss neutrality is a multidimensional concept that interlocks with historical, political, and legal developments and ideas. In order to understand the role of neutrality in Switzerland, this chapter first explains the concept of neutrality. It then provides an account of …
Expanding NGOs’ standing
Due to the nature of environmental litigation, expanding the standing of actors that could bring claims to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – has become a pressing need. This article explores the current approach to NGOs’ standing to bring environment-related claims before the ECtHR. In particular, by drawing on the Aarhus Convention, the article explores NGOs’ important role before the EC…
The Use of Scientific Experts in Environmental Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights
This article argues that the current approach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to evaluating scientific evidence is lacking and hampers its ability to properly handle cases involving questions of science, and particularly environmental cases which are replete with them. It identifies three problem areas in relation to the ECtHR's adjudication of such cases: the evaluation of evidence proving the causation of harm; the extent of the C…
Political science (16 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Human rights (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law and economics (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Environmental law and policy (6 works) · International human rights law (5 works) · International Law and Human Rights (5 works)