Elena Abrusci
Biographic Data
| ID | 6693662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Abrusci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrusci |
| SIGNATURE | ABRUSCI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7436-5369 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Borrowing, rephrasing, or inventing? How the African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights have filled the gap on legitimate restrictions to freedom of expression
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) does not contain a list of legitimate aims for the lawful restriction of freedom of expression. Article 9 ACHPR only provides a general formulation, leaving a wide margin to interpretation. Nevertheless, legitimate aims analysis is part and parcel of the case-law of the African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This article investigates how the two African bodies identified…
A Tale of Convergence? Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation in Regional Human Rights Bodies and the Human Rights Committee
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the regional human rights conventions do not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, or provide the right to marry and have a family for same-sex couples, thus leaving an open margin of interpretation to their judicial and quasi-judicial enforcement bodies. However, regional courts and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) jurisprudence seems to have followed …
Judicial fragmentation on indigenous property rights
This article engages in the analysis of the phenomenon of judicial fragmentation as affecting the case law of regional human rights bodies on indigenous property rights. It aims at identifying the features of such divergent understanding of indigenous rights between the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights, investigating the causes behind it. Finally, afte…
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A Tale of Convergence? Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation in Regional Human Rights Bodies and the Human Rights Committee
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the regional human rights conventions do not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, or provide the right to marry and have a family for same-sex couples, thus leaving an open margin of interpretation to their judicial and quasi-judicial enforcement bodies. However, regional courts and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) jurisprudence seems to have followed …
Judicial fragmentation on indigenous property rights
This article engages in the analysis of the phenomenon of judicial fragmentation as affecting the case law of regional human rights bodies on indigenous property rights. It aims at identifying the features of such divergent understanding of indigenous rights between the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights, investigating the causes behind it. Finally, afte…
Borrowing, rephrasing, or inventing? How the African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights have filled the gap on legitimate restrictions to freedom of expression
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) does not contain a list of legitimate aims for the lawful restriction of freedom of expression. Article 9 ACHPR only provides a general formulation, leaving a wide margin to interpretation. Nevertheless, legitimate aims analysis is part and parcel of the case-law of the African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This article investigates how the two African bodies identified…
Human rights (3 works) · International human rights law (3 works) · Commission (2 works) · Human Rights and Development (2 works) · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Right to property (2 works)