Lunch seminar with Emil Sliwinski
Deprivation of citizenship for terrorism in case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Abstract
Deprivation of citizenship has extensively been used by some European states (i.e. UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark) since the beginning of the 21st century in response to the growing threat of terrorism. The law and practice of its application has raised many concerns as to their compatibility with human rights, especially those stemming from the European Convention on Human Rights. As of today, there have been several judgments or decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in this respect. However, in none of them a violation was found. The presentation aims to analyse the reasoning and broader practice of ECtHR, particularly in order to find ‘weak spots’ in the approach of the Court, as well as to find new avenues for litigation of these cases before ECtHR.
Speaker bio
Emil Śliwiński is a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences / Department of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. His PhD thesis concerns a problem of deprivation of citizenship imposed as a sanction for acts of terrorism in light of human rights, especially those stemming from the European Convention on Human Rights. During his academic career, he has mainly focused on the human rights in the context of contemporary transformations of criminal law, in particular legal regimes, which are not necessarily labelled as ‘criminal’ (such as administrative monetary penalties or post-penal isolation).
Outside of the Academia, he also works at the Strategic Litigation Programme of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, where he takes part in drafting applications to the European Court of Human Rights.
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