Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights
@eci.bsky.social
The Erik Castrén Institute (ECI), housed at the University of Helsinki Faculty of Law, promotes research on public international law, transnational and European law and human rights from broad, heterodox and critical perspectives.
Kicking off our #HelsinkiSummerSeminar speaker series: Dorothée Cambou (@helsinki.fi), whose talk “Indigenous Peoples and Business: Rights, Responsibilities, and Resistance” brings a fresh and thoughtful perspective to the discussion on the public/private divide. #HSS36 #PublicPrivateDivide
The post "Legal Pluralism in Practice?" by ECI researchers Sebastian Machado and Paolo Amorosa is now published on @voelkerrechtsblog.org. Focusing on Colombia, they explore how different legal orders interact in practice.
Völkerrechtsblog@voelkerrechtsblog.org · last yr.Sebastian Machado Ramírez and Paolo Amorosa explain Colombia’s Decree 488, showing how a closer look reveals more administrative formality than legal transformation, leaving deep tensions between legal pluralism and human rights protections unresolved. voelkerrechtsblog.org/legal-plural...
A critical view of EU Commission practice on access to documents, by Prof Päivi Leino-Sandberg Part 1 - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/warn... Part 2 - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/warn...
‘WARNING. Confidential documents. Not to be disclosed to anyone’ (Part 1)
Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki) Photo credit : Cancillería Ecuador via Wikimedia Commons When conducting rese...
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Professori Päivi Leino-Sandbergin johtamassa monitieteisessä (In)Security and Democracy -hankkeessa tutkitaan, miten demokraattiset yhteiskunnat voivat säilyä avoimina ja moniarvoisina tilanteessa, jossa pelon politiikka hallitsee julkista keskustelua yhä vahvemmin.
Koneen Säätiö@koneensaatio.fi · last yr.Myönsimme Turvallistaminen ja demokratia -teemahaussa rahoitusta kahdeksalle tutkimushankkeelle, jotka lisäävät ymmärrystä turvallistamisen vaikutuksista esimerkiksi perus- ja ihmisoikeuksien toteutumiseen, tiedonsaantiin ja tulevaisuuskäsityksiin. Tutustu teemahakuun ja hankkeisiin sivuillamme:
(In)Security and Democracy, a multidisciplinary research project led by Professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg, sets out to explore a fundamental question: How can democratic societies remain open, deliberative, and pluralist when the politics of fear increasingly dominate public discourse?
Koneen Säätiö@koneensaatio.fi · last yr.In the “Securitization and Democracy” thematic call we awarded funding to eight projects that increase our understanding of how securitization affects the realisation of fundamental and human rights, access to information, and our ideas of the future. Read more about the funding on our website:
As a researcher, following the Ursula von der Leyen presidency demonstrates its attitude towards participatory democracy has been a journey from disbelief to frustration, and then to worry and anger, warns professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg.
The EU Commission’s drift towards authoritarianism
As a researcher, following the Ursula von der Leyen presidency demonstrates its attitude towards participatory democracy has been a journey from disbelief to frustration, and then to worry and anger, warns professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg.
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Zur Zukunft der EU-Kohäsionspolitik diskutieren Mercedes Caballero Fernández @haciendagob.bsky.social, Päivi Leino-Sandberg @helsinkiupress.bsky.social, PeterBerkowitz @ec.europa.eu, Riccardo Crescenzi (LSE) & ZEW-Ökonom Zareh Asatryan bei der Public Finance-Konferenz. zew.de/publicfinanc...
Here's Päivi's Op-ed on the difficulties of building European democracy given the Commission's profound lack of appreciation of how democratic governance should work. 👇
euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · last yr.The EU Commission’s drift towards authoritarianism
Next week, EU judges will rule on the Pfizergate scandal: did the secret texts between von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO vanish, or were they never meant to be seen? We spoke to legal scholar Päivi Leino-Sandberg: for her, this case is about more than texts. It’s a battle for transparency.
Pfizergate case: ‘There will be very little transparency left once von der Leyen is done’
Next week, judges in Luxembourg will decide on the Pfizergate case into European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s text messages with Pfizer's CEO. Will transparency prevail, and the texts f...
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The 36th Helsinki Summer Seminar 'Re-thinking Public/Private Divide' hosts an excellent group of speakers, including @jdamh.bsky.social @mjdurkee.bsky.social, and Elisabetta Morlino, in Helsinki 25-29 August 2025. Read more about the Seminar www.helsinki.fi/en/erik-cast... Registration link below
Onnea Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian uudet jäsenet Vincenzo Cerullo Anu Kantele-Häkkinen Veli-Matti Kerminen Satu Mustjoki Ari Pekka Mähönen Pekka Pankka Kirsi Pietiläinen Mari Pihlatie Titus Hjelm Päivi Leino-Sandberg Eeva Luhtakallio Sami Moisio Franklin Obeng-Odoom Marja Vierros shorturl.at/C4QVU
Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian uudet jäsenet 2025 - Tiedeakatemia
Suomalaiseen Tiedeakatemiaan on valittu yhteensä 39 uutta jäsentä. Tiedeakatemian jäseniksi kutsutaan ansioituneita tieteenharjoittajia. Uudet valitut jäsenet edustavat laajalti suomalaista tieteen ke...
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Please join us in Brussels in September to discuss the EU's (slow) progress towards environmental democracy! We will also present some of the research conducted in the @2035legitimacy.bsky.social project. 2035legitimacy.fi/the-eu-and-t...
The EU and the Aarhus Convention – taking stock of the Union’s progress towards Environmental Democracy
The Aarhus Convention continues to be widely celebrated as a beacon of environmental democracy and has played a considerable role in advancing the notion of procedural environmental rights in the…
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Leaked Commission documents on the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework are out! PÄIVI LEINO-SANDBERG explains how they mirror the NGEU—and why that might be a problem: verfassungsblog.de/mff_ngeu_lea...
Trump lopettaa nyt tutkimushankkeita tyrmäävää vauhtia, poliittisin perustein. Suomessa tutkijat huolestuivat hiljattain lakiehdotuksesta, joka tekisi tilaa samantapaiselle sensuurille. Martti Koskenniemi kirjoittaa aiheesta Yliopisto-lehden pääkirjoituksessa. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/y...
Tutkijoilta ei voi vaatia, että he myötäilevät vallitsevaa politiikkaa | Helsingin yliopisto
Suomen hallitus esitti lakimuutosta, joka olisi vaatinut Suomen Akatemian rahoittamilta tutkimuksilta sopusointua maamme ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikan kanssa. Tällainen sensuuri ei kuulu demokratiaa...
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The financial accountability of the RRF suffers from basic design failures, says Päivi -S. yle.fi/a/74-20148227
Euroopan syyttäjänvirasto tutkii epäilyjä EU-tukien 2,8 miljardin euron väärinkäytöstä – raportti vaatii lisää valvontaa
EU-tilintarkastajien mukaan koronatukien valvonta ei vieläkään ole kunnossa. Systeemissä on valuvikoja, sanoo professori.
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Leino-Sandberg, Päivi, '70 Years of EU Law' -The Politics of a Professional Language (February 04, 2025). Helsinki Legal Studies Research Paper No. 89, Available at @ssrn.bsky.social : ssrn.com/abstract=512... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
'70 Years of EU Law' -The Politics of a Professional Language
<span>This article is an updated version of the key note organised at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg in January 2024 to discuss and celebrate ‘70 Years
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A dishonorable liar is not to be trusted, writes Martti Koskenniemi. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Lukijan mielipide | Kunniattomaan valehtelijaan ei kannata luottaa
Ensimmäinen johtopäätös on, ettei kunniattomaan valehtelijaan kannata luottaa. Yhdysvalloista voi olla hyötyä, mutta sen varaan ei voi rakentaa. Se ei lähetä joukkoja Viroon, Puolaan tai Suomeen.
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The deadline for the abstract submission is tomorrow- if you are working on various questions around older persons' rights, apply to present your work in the International conference on March, 20-21. We have received some wonderful applications and are looking forward to the insightful discussions.
Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights@eci.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you are interested in the questions of the rights of older persons, please take a look at our Conference website - the deadline for registration is March 1, 2025, and for the abstract submission - February 15, 2025. www.helsinki.fi/en/erik-cast...
When it comes to transparency, the second UvdL Commission seems to continue where her first Commission left off. On 4 December 2024 the new Commission updated its Rules of Procedure. @2035legitimacy.bsky.social www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/aehrtxyf...
Who can guard the guardian?
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To catch up with the US and China, the EU needs massive investment. Problem is, the funding scheme proposed by the #DraghiReport hardly finds a basis in the treaties. PETER LINDSETH and PÄIVI LEINO-SANDBERG intervene. verfassungsblog.de/draghi-repor...
In the forthcoming issue of EP: 'The House Always Wins. A Systematic Analysis of CJEU Case Law Relating to the Economic and Monetary Union (2010-2020)' by Antti Ronkainen, Anna W Ghavanini and Päivi Leino-Sandberg.
The House Always Wins. A Systematic Analysis of CJEU Case Law Relating to the Economic and Monetary Union (2010-2020)
European Papers
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Interesting EU ROL article - Lindseth, P.L., Leino-Sandberg, P. Crisis, Reinterpretation, and the Rule of Law: Repurposing ‘Cohesion’ as a General EU Spending Power. Hague J Rule Law 16, 587–610 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s408...
Crisis, Reinterpretation, and the Rule of Law: Repurposing ‘Cohesion’ as a General EU Spending Power - Hague Journal on the Rule of Law
The EU Treaties contain no provision akin to the clause in the United States Constitution empowering spending in the ‘general Welfare’, i.e., for the general public good. Nonetheless, supporters of a ...
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"The EU Treaties Are Dead, Long Live the European Union" - Diesen Donnerstag, am 6. Februar (18 Uhr), ist Päivi Leino-Sandberg (Helsinki) zu Gast an @humboldtuni.bsky.social (WHI-Bibliothek, Jur. Fak.). Wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussion - mit Ihnen und Euch!
Veranstaltungen — budgetary powers
Veranstaltungen
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Ruth Weber@ruthweber.bsky.social · 2y agoLooking forward to the lecture of Päivi Leino-Sandberg on the topic "The EU Treaties Are Dead, Long Live the European Union" on Thursday 6 February 2025, 6pm, at the Walter Hallstein-Bibliothek of the Law Faculty of Humboldt University! Feel free to join and share!
