Intersectional Rewrites

Intersectional Rewrites

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Releasing November 2025: “Intersectionality and Human Rights: Reimagining European Court of Human Rights Judgments”.

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Reimagining European Court of Human Rights caselaw from an intersectional perspective

The European Court of Human Rights regularly receives complaints that reflect the complex experiences of people in Europe who are multiply marginalised. Yet the Court’s response to such complaints fails to recognise the complexity of compounded harm complainants have experienced as a result of multiple and mutually influencing vectors of oppression. Briefly put, the Court’s engagement with the concept of intersectionality has been lacking.

The book “Intersectional Rewrites: European Court of Human Rights Judgments Reimagined” explores a jurisprudence that responds to intersecting forms of oppression. It gathers 15 recent judgments from the Court, rewritten by activists, practitioners, and academics through the lens of intersectionality. The book contributes to a wider movement of critical rewrites, such as feminist and queer judgments projects, with an exclusive focus on the paradigm of intersectionality.

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About

“Intersectional Rewrites: European Court of Human Rights Judgments Reimagined” is an independent book project, led by co-editors Nani Jansen Reventlow, Eddie Bruce-Jones, Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei Len, and Adam Weiss.

The project is fiscally hosted by Systemic Justice, and logistically supported by the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (Hague Campus) through our mutual participation within the Legal Mobilization Platform. The project is financially supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

Artwork for the project is by Tamara-Jade Kaz.


If you would like to support the project or get involved in any way, please get in touch.