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Vassilis Tzevelekos

Dr Vassilis Tzevelekos
PhD & MRes (EUI), MA (College of Europe), DEA (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), LLB (Athens)

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2024

In Dialogue with Stoyanova A Discussion on Positive Human Rights Obligations and Beyond

Tzevelekos, V. (2024). In Dialogue with Stoyanova A Discussion on Positive Human Rights Obligations and Beyond. doi:10.17176/20240529-005001-0

DOI
10.17176/20240529-005001-0
Internet publication

On Mastic Trees, the echr, and the iccpr

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2024). On Mastic Trees, the echr, and the iccpr. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 1-8. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10096

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10096
Journal article

2023

Greece’s Contribution to Public International Law

Iakovidis, I., & Tzevelekos, V. (2023). Greece’s Contribution to Public International Law. In A. van Aaken, P. d'Argent, L. Mälksoo, & J. J. Vasel (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of InternationalLaw in Europe. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/46846

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The ECtHR Bosphorus Doctrine in Cases Calling for Indirect Scrutiny of EU Law: Judicial Smoke Signals?

Franklin, D. L., & Tzevelekos, V. (2023). The ECtHR Bosphorus Doctrine in Cases Calling for Indirect Scrutiny of EU Law: Judicial Smoke Signals?. In V. Pergantis (Ed.), EU Responsibility in the International Legal Order (Volume 2) (pp. 35-70). Sakkoulas.

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Immunities Barring the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine:

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2023). Immunities Barring the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine:. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 4(2), 105-114. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10064

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10064
Journal article

2022

A Thorny Road to Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights

Dzehtsiarou, K., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2022). A Thorny Road to Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 3(4), 427-434. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10050

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10050
Journal article

The International Protection of Human Rights [in Greek]

Oikonomopoulou, A., & Tzevelekos, V. (2022). The International Protection of Human Rights [in Greek]. In K. Antonopoulos, & K. Magliveras (Eds.), The Law of the International Community (pp. 637-685). Athens, Greece: Nomiki Vivliothiki.

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The Judicial Discretion of the European Court of Human Rights: The Years of Plenty, and the Lean Years

Tzevelekos, V. P., & Dzehtsiarou, K. (2022). The Judicial Discretion of the European Court of Human Rights: The Years of Plenty, and the Lean Years. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 3(3), 285-292. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10049

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10049
Journal article

The Aggression Against Ukraine and the Effectiveness of Inter-state Cases in Case of War

Dzehtsiarou, K., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2022). The Aggression Against Ukraine and the Effectiveness of Inter-state Cases in Case of War. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 3(2), 165-173. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10041

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10041
Journal article

Climate Change: The World and the ECtHR in Unchartered Waters

Tzevelekos, V. P., & Dzehtsiarou, K. (2022). Climate Change: The World and the ECtHR in Unchartered Waters. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 3(1), 1-7. doi:10.1163/26663236-bja10036

DOI
10.1163/26663236-bja10036
Journal article

2021

Sociological Objectivism: Still Relevant?

P. Tzevelekos, V., & Berkes, A. (2021). Sociological objectivism: Still relevant?. In Research Methods in International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781788972369.00036

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2020

The Importance of State Practice in the Shaping of International Standards Pertaining to the Clash between Free Speech and the Banning of Negationism: The Contribution of the Greek Legal Order

Kagiaros, D., & Tzevelekos, V. (2020). The Importance of State Practice in the Shaping of International Standards Pertaining to the Clash between Free Speech and the Banning of Negationism: The Contribution of the Greek Legal Order. In P. Grzebyk (Ed.), Responsibility for Negation of International Crimes (pp. 259-290). Instytut Wymiaru Sprawiedliwośki.

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Normal as Usual? Human Rights in Times of covid-19

Tzevelekos, V. P., & Dzehtsiarou, K. (2020). Normal as Usual? Human Rights in Times of covid-19. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 1(2), 141-149. doi:10.1163/26663236-00102001

DOI
10.1163/26663236-00102001
Journal article

The Case of the Eight Turkish Military Personnel who Sought Asylum in Greece after the Failed 2016 Coup in Turkey: Fair Trial as a Reason Precluding Non-Refoulement and (Stricto Sensu) Proportionality

Tzevelekos, V., & Kagiaros, D. (2020). The Case of the Eight Turkish Military Personnel who Sought Asylum in Greece after the Failed 2016 Coup in Turkey: Fair Trial as a Reason Precluding Non-Refoulement and (Stricto Sensu) Proportionality. In L. Kiousopoulou, M. Tsirli, & P. Voyatzis (Eds.), Human Rights in Times of Illiberal Democracies. Liber Amicorum in Memoriam of Stavros Tsakyrakis (pp. 57-80). Athens: Nomiki Bibliothiki.

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The Conscience of Europe that Landed in Strasbourg: A Circle of Life of the European Court of Human Rights

Dzehtsiarou, K., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2020). The Conscience of Europe that Landed in Strasbourg: A Circle of Life of the European Court of Human Rights. The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 1(1), 1-6. doi:10.1163/26663236-00101005

DOI
10.1163/26663236-00101005
Journal article

The World Heritage Convention and the Law of State ResponsibilityPromises and Pitfalls

Lixinski, L., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2020). The World Heritage Convention and the Law of State ResponsibilityPromises and Pitfalls. In Intersections in International Cultural Heritage Law (pp. 247-266). Oxford University PressOxford. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198846291.003.0011

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10.1093/oso/9780198846291.003.0011
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Questions of International Law, Zoom-in

Tzevelekos, V. (Ed.) (2020). Questions of International Law, Zoom-in (Vol. 65).

Edited special journal issue

2019

The United Kingdom’s Presumption of Derogation from the ECHR Regarding Future Military Operations Overseas: Abuse of Rights, Articles 17 and 18 ECHR, and à la carte Human Rights Protection

Tzevelekos, V. (2019). The United Kingdom’s Presumption of Derogation from the ECHR Regarding Future Military Operations Overseas: Abuse of Rights, Articles 17 and 18 ECHR, and à la carte Human Rights Protection. Austrian Review of International and European Law, 22(1), 137-187. doi:10.1163/15736512-02201007

DOI
10.1163/15736512-02201007
Journal article

How (Difficult Is It) to Build Consensus on (European) Consensus?

Kapotas, P., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2019). How (Difficult Is It) to Build Consensus on (European) Consensus?.

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Building Consensus on European Consensus

Kapotas, P., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (Eds.) (2019). Building Consensus on European Consensus. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108564779

DOI
10.1017/9781108564779
Book

How (Difficult Is It) to Build Consensus on (European) Consensus?

Kapotas, P., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2019). How (Difficult Is It) to Build Consensus on (European) Consensus?. In Building Consensus on European Consensus (pp. 1-26). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108564779.002

DOI
10.1017/9781108564779.002
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Standing Before the European Court of Human Rights

Tzevelekos, D. V. P. (2019). Standing Before the European Court of Human Rights.

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2018

The shared territory of the ECHR and international investment law

Fanou, M., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2018). The shared territory of the ECHR and international investment law. In Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781782549123.00011

DOI
10.4337/9781782549123.00011
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Europe and the World: A law review

Velluti, S., & Tzevelekos, V. (Eds.) (2018). Europe and the World: A law review (Vol. 2). UCL Press. Retrieved from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/europe-and-the-world

Edited special journal issue

Reparation of the Rights to Property and Home of Displaced Persons Arising from Armed Conflict under the European Convention of Human Rights: Falling Short of the Exigencies of International Law and the Humanistic Purpose of Human Rights?

Tzevelekos, V. (2018). Reparation of the Rights to Property and Home of Displaced Persons Arising from Armed Conflict under the European Convention of Human Rights: Falling Short of the Exigencies of International Law and the Humanistic Purpose of Human Rights?. In E. Katselli-Proukaki (Ed.), Armed Conflict and Forcible Displacement Individual Rights under International Law (pp. 84-114). Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315629391-3

DOI
10.4324/9781315629391-3
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2017

The Strained, Elusive and Wide-Ranging Relationship between International Cultural Heritage Law and the Law of State Responsibility: From Collective Enforcement to Concurrent Responsibility

Lixinski, L., & Tzevelekos, V. (2017). The Strained, Elusive and Wide-Ranging Relationship between International Cultural Heritage Law and the Law of State Responsibility: From Collective Enforcement to Concurrent Responsibility. In A. Chechi, & M. -A. Renold (Eds.), Cultural Heritage Law and Ethics: Mapping Recent Developments. Etudes en droit de l’art / Studies in art law / Studien zum Kunstrecht 26 (pp. 7-43). -: Schulthess Éditions Romandes.

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Human security and shared responsibility to fight transnational crimes: Resolution 2240 (2015) of the UN Security Council on smuggling of migrants and human trafficking off the coast of Libya

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2017). Human security and shared responsibility to fight transnational crimes: Resolution 2240 (2015) of the UN Security Council on smuggling of migrants and human trafficking off the coast of Libya. In Blurring Boundaries: Human Security and Forced Migration (pp. 101-121).

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International Community Law Review

Tzevelekos, V. (Ed.) (2017). International Community Law Review (Vol. 19). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

Edited special journal issue

Human Security and Shared Responsibility to Fight Transnational Crimes: Resolution 2240 (2015) of the UN Security Council on Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking off the Coast of Libya

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2017). Human Security and Shared Responsibility to Fight Transnational Crimes: Resolution 2240 (2015) of the UN Security Council on Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking off the Coast of Libya. In Blurring Boundaries: Human Security and Forced Migration (pp. 99-121). Brill | Nijhoff. doi:10.1163/9789004326873_006

DOI
10.1163/9789004326873_006
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2016

Book Review: <i>European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights</i>, by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Kapotas, P., & Tzevelekos, V. (2016). Book Review: <i>European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights</i>, by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015). Common Market Law Review, 53(Issue 4), 1145-1148. doi:10.54648/cola2016102

DOI
10.54648/cola2016102
Journal article

International Custom Making and the ECtHR’s European Consensus Method of Interpretation

Tzevelekos, V., & Dzehtsiarou, K. (2016). International Custom Making and the ECtHR’s European Consensus Method of Interpretation. European Yearbook of Human Rights, 16, 313-344.

Journal article

Juris Dicere: Custom as a Matrix, Custom as a Norm, and the Role of Judges and (their) Ideology in Custom Making

Tzevelekos, V. (2016). Juris Dicere: Custom as a Matrix, Custom as a Norm, and the Role of Judges and (their) Ideology in Custom Making. In N. Rajkovic, T. Aalberts, & T. Gammeltoft-Hansen (Eds.), The Power of Legality. Practices of International Law and their Politics (pp. 188-208). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316535134.008

DOI
10.1017/CBO9781316535134.008
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From the Internationalisation of National Constitutions to the "Constitutionalisation" of International Law: The Role of Human Rights

Tzevelekos, V., & Lixinski, L. (2016). From the Internationalisation of National Constitutions to the "Constitutionalisation" of International Law: The Role of Human Rights. In A. Jakubowski, & K. Wierczyńska (Eds.), Fragmentation Vs. the Constitutionalisation of International Law A Practical Inquiry (pp. 32). Routledge.

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The making of international human rights law

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2016). The making of international human rights law. In Research Handbook on the Theory and Practice of International Lawmaking. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781781953228.00027

DOI
10.4337/9781781953228.00027
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Beyond Responsibility to Protect. Generating Change in International Law

Barnes, R., & Tzevelekos, V. (2016). Beyond Responsibility to Protect. Generating Change in International Law. R. Barnes, & V. Tzevelekos (Eds.), Intersentia.

Book

Article 19

Mavroidis, P., & Tzevelekos, V. (2016). Article 19. In G. Distefano, G. Gaggioli, & A. Hêche (Eds.), La convention de Vienne de 1978 sur la succession d'États en matière de traités. Commentaire article par article et études thématiques (pp. 709-733). Bruylant.

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European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights.

Tzevelekos, V., & Kapotas, P. (2016). European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights.. COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW, 53(4), 1145-1148.

Book Review

2015

Procedural Fairness in International Courts and Tribunals

Sarvarian, A., Fontanelli, F., Baker, R., & Tzevelekos, V. (2015). Procedural Fairness in International Courts and Tribunals. A. Sarvarian, F. Fontanelli, R. Baker, & V. Tzevelekos (Eds.), British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

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Professional Ethics at the International Bar by Arman Sarvarian [Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, xxvi + 306pp, ISBN 978-0-19-967946-1, £70 (h/bk)]

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2015). Professional Ethics at the International Bar by Arman Sarvarian [Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, xxvi + 306pp, ISBN 978-0-19-967946-1, £70 (h/bk)]. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 64(4), 977-978. doi:10.1017/s002058931500041x

DOI
10.1017/s002058931500041x
Journal article

Commentaire de l'article 19 de la Convention de Vienne de 1978 sur la succession d'État en matière de traités: participation à des traités signés par l’État prédécesseur sous réserve de ratification, d’acceptation ou d’approbation (Commentary on Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties: Participation in Treaties Signed by the Predecessor State Subject to Ratification, Acceptance or Approval)

Mavroidis, P. C., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2015). Commentaire de l'article 19 de la Convention de Vienne de 1978 sur la succession d'État en matière de traités: participation à des traités signés par l’État prédécesseur sous réserve de ratification, d’acceptation ou d’approbation (Commentary on Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties: Participation in Treaties Signed by the Predecessor State Subject to Ratification, Acceptance or Approval).

Journal article

2014

The EU Accession to the ECHR

Kosta, V., Skoutaris, N., & Tzevelekos, V. (2014). The EU Accession to the ECHR. V. Kosta, N. Skoutaris, & V. Tzevelekos (Eds.), Hart.

Book

When Elephants Fight it is the Grass that Suffers: ‘Hegemonic Struggle’ in Europe and Its Side-Effects for International Law: Dynamic Systemic Integration, Ad Hoc Normative Hierarchy and Responsibility of Member States Linked to the Conduct of International Organisations

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2014). When Elephants Fight it is the Grass that Suffers: ‘Hegemonic Struggle’ in Europe and Its Side-Effects for International Law: Dynamic Systemic Integration, Ad Hoc Normative Hierarchy and Responsibility of Member States Linked to the Conduct of International Organisations.

Journal article

Reconstructing the Effective Control Criterion in Extraterritorial Human Rights Breaches: Direct Attribution of Wrongfulness, Due Diligence, and Concurrent Responsibility

Tzevelekos, V. (2014). Reconstructing the Effective Control Criterion in Extraterritorial Human Rights Breaches: Direct Attribution of Wrongfulness, Due Diligence, and Concurrent Responsibility. Michigan Journal of International Law, 36(1), 129-178. Retrieved from https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol36/iss1/3

Journal article

When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers: ‘hegemonic struggle’ in Europe and the side-effects for international law

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2014). When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers: ‘hegemonic struggle’ in Europe and the side-effects for international law. In Human Rights Law in Europe: The Influence, Overlaps and Contradictions of the EU and the ECHR (pp. 9-34). doi:10.4324/9780203538029

DOI
10.4324/9780203538029
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2013

Revisiting the Humanisation of International Law: Limits and Potential - Obligations Erga Omnes, Hierarchy of Rules and the Principle of Due Diligence as the Basis for Further Humanisation

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2013). Revisiting the Humanisation of International Law: Limits and Potential - Obligations Erga Omnes, Hierarchy of Rules and the Principle of Due Diligence as the Basis for Further Humanisation. Erasmus Law Review, 6(1).

Journal article

The EU Accession to the ECHR, special issue of the European Journal of Human Rights, 2013/4

Kosta, V., Skoutaris, N., & Tzevelekos, V. (Eds.) (2013). The EU Accession to the ECHR, special issue of the European Journal of Human Rights, 2013/4 (Vol. 2013/4).

Edited special journal issue

2010

Report on Greece (in The National Judicial Treatment of the ECHR and EU Laws. A Constitutional Comparative Perspective)

Tzevelekos, D. V. P., & Vetsika, S. (2010). Report on Greece (in The National Judicial Treatment of the ECHR and EU Laws. A Constitutional Comparative Perspective).

Journal article

Report on Greece

Tzevelekos, V., & Vetsika, S. (2010). Report on Greece. In G. Martinico, & O. Pollicino (Eds.), The National Judicial Treatment of the ECHR and EU Laws. A Constitutional Comparative Perspective (pp. 225-251). Europa Law.

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The Use of Article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT in the Case-law of the ECtHR: an Effective Anti-Fragmentation Tool or a Selective Loophole for the Reinforcement of the Teleology of Human Rights? Between Evolution and Systemic Integration

Tzevelekos, V. (2010). The Use of Article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT in the Case-law of the ECtHR: an Effective Anti-Fragmentation Tool or a Selective Loophole for the Reinforcement of the Teleology of Human Rights? Between Evolution and Systemic Integration. Michigan Journal of International Law, 31, 621-690.

Journal article

2008

Towards the Recognition of a State Right to Self-Help? Between Law and Politics

Tzevelekos, V. (2008). Towards the Recognition of a State Right to Self-Help? Between Law and Politics. Revue Générale de Droit International Public, 295-328.

Journal article

Vers la Reconnaissance d'un Droit Etatique à L'Autoprotection? Entre le Droit et la Politique (Towards the Recognition of a Right to Self-help for States? Between Law and Politics)

Tzevelekos, V. P. (2008). Vers la Reconnaissance d'un Droit Etatique à L'Autoprotection? Entre le Droit et la Politique (Towards the Recognition of a Right to Self-help for States? Between Law and Politics).

Journal article