The European Court of Human Rights’ View of the Draft Copenhagen Declaration

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Mikael Rask Madsen is Professor of Law and European Integration, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and Director of iCourts, The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence for International Courts.

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The European Court of Human Rights’ View of the Draft Copenhagen Declaration

February 23, 2018

Mikael Rask Madsen

Jonas Christoffersen

The draft Copenhagen Declaration has already triggered some debate at this blog. So far the tone has been highly critical. Donald and Leach denounce the Declaration as essentially a tool for institutionalizing undue political pressure on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that risks jeopardizing the Court – even European human rights at large. Geir…