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K.A.M. Van Kruisbergen LL.M. is Lecturer and researcher in European Law at Institute of Public Law

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Not all is possible in the name of love: the discrimination case of Ratzenböck and Seydl v. Austria

In Ratzenböck and Seydl v. Austria the ECtHR held that a heterosexual couple was not being discriminated against when they were denied access to a registered partnership – a legal institution only available to same-sex couples.

Kristel van Kruisbergen • November 07, 2017

Faltering detention systems in Europe: the case of Romania

The problem of overcrowded prisons in Romania is not new. In its latest Chamber judgment the ECtHR applied the pilot-judgment procedure in order to stop the systematic dysfunction of the prison system. Will this improve the Romanian situation?

Kristel van Kruisbergen • May 09, 2017