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Maria Nääv, Human Rights Justifications and Positive Obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights, 4 JT 2025-26
The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) jurisprudence regarding positive obligations generally concerns cases where the State has infringed its positive obligations through omissions. In the case of Human Rights Justifications, the opposite applies; the State has acted and explained its action through human rights. Due to the open-ended character of the positive obligations, a…
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Final HRJust Dinner in Brussels with EU and Civil Society Partners
A final dinner in Brussels as the HRJust project approaches its ending. The evening brought together the researchers and members of the HRJust team alongside EU actors, civil society representatives, resea. Over dinner, we reflected on the relationships, exchanges, and collaborative efforts that have shaped the project throughout its journey. We are grateful for the…
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Final Dissemination of HRJust Project, in Brussels
On the 28th of May, HRJust held the Final Conference of the project, where we presented our research on the gaps in regulations and the effects on the individual human rights protection that appears when States are using Human Rights to Justify their actions and decisions. The results of the project were disseminated to public…
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Westlund, Martin and Olena Chernenko, ‘Why the Temporary Protection Directive was Activated: Solidarity, Geopolitics, and Humanitarian Considerations’, Europarättslig Tidskrift 2 (2026), pp. 185–200.
The activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) in 2022 was a historic first, granting immediate protection to millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion. The decision stands in contrast to the EU’s response during the 2015 migration crisis, when the same mechanism remained unused. This article examines the reasons behind the Directive’s activation and assesses…
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EU Migration Governance: Competences, Human Rights Justifications and the Internal-External Divide
Three main conclusions are drawn from this overview. First, the EU has broad and flexible powers in migration, which gives political actors significant room to act, especially in times of crisis, with only limited control from the courts. Second, human rights justifications play a limited role in EU migration measures. Human rights are often mentioned as general…
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A Normative Core for a Geopolitical Europe
As the global geopolitical map is being redrawn and the norms that have guided international relations are being challenged, Europe is changing and adapting. Refocusing attention on economy, security and defence is a necessity, as is ensuring greater flexibility in how EU engages with regional and national partners across the globe. As of yet, it…
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The EU’s Role – Globally, Multilaterally, Internally – as a Human Rights Actor (in the Face of State HRJ Practices)
This report explores the role of the EU as a human rights promoter, including its ability to monitor and control the legitimacy of the use of human rights justifications by state actors. Broadly, the EU’s activities in human rights governance can be described in three layers. First and most obviously, the EU is able to…
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Civil Society Engagement Summary II
This memo summarizes two focus group interviews conducted by the Taiwan team of WP5 on December 19 and December 22, 2025, with non-governmental organizations working on immigration policy, human rights protection, and advocacy. Discussions centered on three themes: advocacy strategies, domestic and geopolitical pressures, and international networking—particularly the EU’s role. NGOs reported that human rights…
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