Morijn, Prof. John
John Morijn is professor by special appointment of Law and Politics in international relations, and assistant professor of European human rights law at the University of Groningen. He studied law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, European law at the College of Europe in Bruges, and human rights as part of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratization in Venice. He obtained a PhD in international law from the European University Institute in Florence in 2009.
Morijn worked as a senior adviser on EU affairs and human rights law at the Ministries of Justice and Interior and Kingdom Relations, mainly in the areas of EU human rights and rule of law and privacy- related issues. He currently holds the position of Chair of the Scientific Committee at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and is also a Fellow in Law and Public Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Morijn’s teaching and research focus on general international law, international and European human rights law, EU law, the relationship between the EU and member states and, more recently, populism. Together with students, Morijn organized the conference ‘Our rule of law’, which focused on developments in justice, free press, human rights, and the rule of law in Poland and Hungary.
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2022
Morijn,
J. (2022). The Law and Politics of Protecting
Liberal Democracy. (Inaugural Lectures). University of
Groningen Press. https://doi.org/10.21827/626269b0641fb
2021
Morijn,
J. (2021). EU moet Poolse regering isoleren én
EU-burgers koesteren. NRC Handelsblad,
2021. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/11/09/eu-moet-poolse-regering-isoleren-en-eu-burgers-koesteren-a4064793
Morijn,
J. (2021, Nov 11). EU must isolate Polish government
and cherish EU citizens. https://www.ruetir.com/2021/11/11/eu-must-isolate-polish-government-and-cherish-eu-citizens/
Bodnar,
A., & Morijn, J. (2021, May 21). How Europe
can protect independent media in Hungary and Poland. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-protect-independent-media-poland-hungary/
Morijn,
J. (2021, Mar 3). Misjudging Judges: The EU
Commission’s non-reply to a letter about judicial
independence. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210303-154217-0
Kochenov,
D., & Morijn, J. (2021). Strengthening the
Charter’s Role in the Fight for the Rule of Law in the EU:
The Cases of JudicialIndependence and Party Financing.
European Public Law, 27(4), 759-780.
https://doi.org/10.54648/euro2021037
2020
Morijn,
J. (2020, Dec 2). A momentous day for the rule of law:
The ECJ Hearing about the Disciplinary Regime for the Polish
Judiciary. https://doi.org/10.17176/20201202-220045-0
Morijn,
J. (2020, Jan 28). A trial that wasn't, an impact that
was: #WithWoj in Warsaw, take 2. https://verfassungsblog.de/a-trial-that-wasnt-an-impact-that-was/
Morijn,
J., & Kochenov, D. (2020).
Augmenting the Charter’s Role in the Fight for the
Rule of Law in the European Union: The Cases of Judicial
Independence and Party Financing. (Reconnect Working
Paper; No. 11). Reconnect.
Morijn,
J. (2020). Case note: ECLI:EU:C:2020:792 en
ECLI:EU:C:2020:476. Case note on: Hof van Justitie Europese Unie,
06/10/2020, ECLI:EU:C:2020:792,
ECLI:EU:C:2020:476 EHRC Updates, 2020.
Morijn,
J. (2020, Mar 10). Commission v Poland: What Happened,
What it Means, What it will take. https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-v-poland-what-happened-what-it-means-what-it-will-take/
Morijn,
J. (2020). De Poolse rechtsstaat is ook onze
rechtsstaat. NRC, 2020.
Morijn,
J. (2020, Oct 13). Discussing imploding Polish
judicial independence, European Arrest Warrants and fair trial in
Luxembourg: silver linings to a grim day? https://ruleoflaw.pl/cjeu-eaw-poland/
Morijn,
J., & Bard, P. (2020, Apr 19). Domestic Courts
Pushing for a Workable Test to Protect the Rule of Law in the EU:
Decoding the Amsterdam and Karlsruhe Courts’ post-LM Rulings
(Part II). https://verfassungsblog.de/domestic-courts-pushing-for-a-workable-test-to-protect-the-rule-of-law-in-the-eu/
Morijn,
J., & Sterk, K. (2020). Europese Commissie moet
rechtsstaat assertiever beschermen. Het
Financieele dagblad. https://fd.nl/opinie/1344644/europese-commissie-moet-rechtsstaat-assertiever-beschermen
Beijer,
M., van Bockel, B., Morijn, J., & Pahladsingh, A.
(2020). Kroniek EU en mensenrechten: EU-bubbel
babbels. NJCM Bulletin. Nederlands Tijdschrift
voor de Mensenrechten, 45(3), 406-420. Article
NTM/NJCM-bull. 2020/34.
Beijer,
M., van Bockel, B., Morijn, J., & Pahladsingh, A.
(2020). Kroniek EU en mensenrechten: EU-bubbel
babbels. NJCM Bulletin. Nederlands Tijdschrift
voor de Mensenrechten, 45(4), 533-541. Article
NTM/NJCM-bull. 2020/42.
Morijn,
J., & Kochenov, D. (2020). Le
rôle de la Charte dans la Lutte pour l'état de droit au
sein de l'Union Européenne. In A. Iliopoulou Penot,
& L. Xenou (Eds.), La Charte des droits fondamentaux,
source de renouveau constitutionnel européen? (pp.
173-198). (Collection droit de l'Union européenne - Colloques;
Vol. 51). Bruylant.
Morijn,
J., & Bard, P. (2020, Apr 18). Luxembourg's
Unworkable test to protect the rule of law in the EU: Decoding the
Amsterdam and Karlsruhe Courts’ post-LM Rulings (Part
I). https://verfassungsblog.de/luxembourgs-unworkable-test-to-protect-the-rule-of-law-in-the-eu/
Morijn,
J. (2020). Op-Ed: “The July 2020 Special
European Council, the EU budget(s) and the rule of law: Reading the
European Council Conclusions in their legal and policy
context” . EU Law Live. https://eulawlive.com/op-ed-the-july-2020-special-european-council-the-eu-budgets-and-the-rule-of-law-reading-the-european-council-conclusions-in-their-legal-and-policy-context-by-john-morijn/
De
Burca, G., & Morijn, J. (2020, Jun 3).
Repression of Freedom of Expression in Poland: Renewing
support for Wojciech Sadurski. https://doi.org/10.17176/20200604-013506-0
Morijn,
J. (2020). Rule of law protection and the July 2020
European Council on the MFF. In L. A. Campo , T. Beukers, M.
Bulterman, M. Gijzen, J. Langer, & L. van Spronsen (Eds.),
Loyale samenwerking binnen de EU: Liber Amicorum voor Ivo van
der Steen (pp. 39-48). Boom Juridisch.
Morijn,
J. (2020). Stel bij Europese budgetonderhandelingen de
rechtsstaat voorop. De Volkskrant,
2020. https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/stel-bij-europese-budgetonderhandelingen-de-rechtsstaat-voorop~b6b41ad6/
Morijn,
J. (2020, Oct 6). The plaintiff who turned into a
prosecutor. https://doi.org/10.17176/20201007-004738-0
Morijn,
J., & Gliszczyńska, A. (2020, Oct 1). Today
Tuleya, Tomorrow the EU: Igor Tuleya is (Y)Our Judge: Help us Build
a Wall Behind Him. https://doi.org/10.17176/20201001-100604-0
Morijn,
J. (2020, Sept 24). What's in the words: Learning from
the Hearings in Cases C-487/19 and C-508/19: Four Avenues for
(Tr)Action. https://doi.org/10.17176/20200924-223456-0.
2019
Morijn,
J. (2019, Dec 1). Building on #WithWoj.
Morijn,
J., & Butler, I. (2019, Mar 12). EPP more likely
to expel Fidesz if rival groups also ditch
troublemakers.
Morijn,
J., & Butler, I. (2019, Apr 3). European elections
- can the centre hold? https://euobserver.com/opinion/144553
Morijn,
J. (2019). Formation and funding of European
Parliament political groups, political parties and political
foundations v. EU-level political rights. In A. Pahladsingh,
& R. Grimbergen (Eds.), The Charter and the Court of
Justice of the European Union: Notable Cases from 2016-2018
(pp. 257-272). (Fundamental rights protection in Europe). Wolf
Legal Publishers.
Morijn,
J. (2019). Kiezer zou op de hoogte moeten worden
gebracht van samenwerking tussen EU-partijen. De
Volkskrant. http://kiezer zou op de hoogte moeten worden
gebracht van samenwerking tussen EU-partijen
de
Búrca, G., & Morijn, J. (2019, May 6).
Open Letter in Support of Professor Wojciech Sadurksi.
https://verfassungsblog.de/open-letter-in-support-of-professor-wojciech-sadurski/
Morijn,
J. (2019). Responding to "populist" politics at EU
level: Regulation 1141/2014 and beyond.
International Journal of Constitutional Law,
17(2), 617-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moz030
Morijn,
J., de Búrca, G., & Steinbeis, M. (2019, Nov 18).
Stand with Wojciech Sadurski: his freedom of expression is
(y)ours. https://verfassungsblog.de/stand-with-wojciech-sadurski-his-freedom-of-expression-is-yours/
Morijn,
J., & de Búrca, G. (2019, May 20).
Strengthening EU rule of law protection: start with freedom
of expression. https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/opinion/strengthening-eu-rule-of-law-protection-start-with-freedom-of-expression/
Morijn,
J., & Grabowska-Moroz, B. (2019, Nov 28).
Supporting Wojciech Sadurski in a Warsaw courtroom. https://verfassungsblog.de/supporting-wojciech-sadurski-in-a-warsaw-courtroom/
Morijn,
J., & Butler, I. (2019, Feb 20). Tracking
Anti-Values MEPs: EP Seat Projections and Rule of Law
Protection.
2018
Morijn,
J. (2018). Betrek mannen meer bij de
emancipatiediscussie. De Volkskrant.
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/betrek-mannen-meer-bij-de-emancipatiediscussie-~b2c82109/
Morijn,
J. (2018). It's not them, it's me (and I don't like
what I see): Populisme en introspectie. Nederlands
Tijdschrift voor de Mensenrechten, 43(2),
231-242.
Morijn,
J. (2018). Post-Lisbon civil rights protection by the
EU's political institutions. In S. de Vries, H. de Waele,
& M.-P. Granger (Eds.), Civil rights and EU Citizenship:
Challenges at the Crossroads of the European, National and Private
Spheres (pp. 14-42). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788113441.00009
Morijn,
J. (2018, Nov 20). Rule of law in the EU: some recent
“less bad” news and why it matters. https://reconnect-europe.eu/blog/morijn-rule-of-law-eu-less-bad-news/
Morijn,
J. (2018). Waarom is de EU juist in de economisch
presterende landen de pispaal? De
Volkskrant. https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/waarom-is-de-eu-juist-in-de-economisch-presterende-landen-de-pispaal-~bc7094f4/
2017
Morijn,
J. (2017). Personal conviction and strategic
litigation in Wijsenbeek. In F. Nicola, & B. Davies
(Eds.), EU Law Stories: Contextual and Critical Histories of
European Jurisprudence (pp. 178-200). (Law in Context).
Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316340479.010
2016
Morijn,
J. (2016). De Siragusa-criteria over het
toepassingsbereik van het EU-Handvest: constructieve
ambiguïteit? In A. Pahladsingh, & S. de Vries
(Eds.), JHG: EU-Handvest Selecties (pp. 45-62). Sdu
Uitgevers.
Morijn,
J. (2016). Human Rights Law in Europe: The Influence,
Overlaps and Contradictions of the EU and the ECHR edited by
Konstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Theodore Konstadinides, Tobias Lock and
Noreen O'Meara. Routledge, 2014, Abingdon, 226pp, ISBN
978-0-415-82599-3. International & comparative
law quarterly, 65(1), 271-272. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589315000639
2015
Morijn,
J. (2015). After Opinion 2/13 [on EU accession to the
ECHR]: how to move on in Strasbourg and Brussels?
Morijn,
J., Pahladsingh, A., & Palm, H. (2015).
Doorwerking van het handvest in beleidsvorming en
wetgeving. In J. H. Gerards, H. de Waele, & K. M. Zwaan
(Eds.), Vijf jaar bindend EU-Grondrechtenhandvest: Doorwerking,
consequenties, perspectieven (pp. 45-62). (Serie staat en
recht; Vol. 26). Wolters Kluwer.
Morijn,
J. (2015). The EU Charter of fundamental rights and
cultural diversity in the EU. In E. Psychogiopoulou (Ed.),
Cultural governance and the European Union: Protecting and
promoting cultural diversity in Europe (pp. 151-164).
(Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics). Palgrave
MacMillan.
Morijn,
J., Pahladsingh, A., & Palm, H. (2015). Vijf jaar
bindend handvest van de grondrechten: wat heeft het de
rechtzoekende opgeleverd? Nederlands Tijdschrift
voor Europees Recht, 2015(4), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.5553/NtER/138241202015005004004
2014
Morijn,
J. (2014). Cae note: C-206/13 (Siragusa): EHRC
2014/135. Sdu European Human Rights
Cases.
Morijn,
J. (2014). Case note: C-276/12 (Sabou): EHRC
2014/7. Sdu European Human Rights
Cases.
Morijn,
J. (2014). Het PIA toetsmodel Rijksdienst: inbedding,
inhoud en eerste ervaringen. Privacy &
Compliance : tijdschrift voor de praktijk, (1),
14-21.
Morijn,
J. (2014). Kissing awake a sleeping beauty? The
charter of fundamental rights in EU and member states' policy
practice. In V. Kosta, N. Skoutaris , & V. Tzevelekos
(Eds.), EU accession to the ECHR (pp. 123-139). (Modern
Studies in European Law). Hart Publishing Ltd.
2013
Morijn,
J. (2013). Akerberg: een verduidelijking van de
reikwijdte van het EU-Handvest ten aanzien van lidstaten? In
A. Pahladsingh, & M. van Roosmalen (Eds.), Jurisprudentie
Handvest Grondrechten: EU-Handvest Selecties (pp. 204-212).
Sdu Uitgevers.
Morijn,
J. (2013). Akerberg and Melloni: what the Court said,
did and may have left open - part 2. Web publication/site,
EUtopiaLAW blog. http://eutopialaw.com/2013/03/20/akerberg-and-melloni-what-the-court-said-did-and-may-have-left-open/
Morijn,
J. (2013). Akerberg and Melloni: what the Court said,
did and may have left open - part 1. Web publication/site,
EUtopiaLAW blog. http://eutopialaw.com/2013/03/14/akerberg-and-melloni-what-the-ecj-said-did-and-may-have-left/
Morijn,
J. (2013). Case note 2013. European
Human Rights Cases, 2013(2).
2012
Morijn,
J. (2012). De EU als amicus? Hoe en onder welke
voorwaarden de EHRM-hervorming kan profiteren van het versterkte
systeem van EU-grondrechtenbescherming. In J. Gerards, &
A. Terlouw (Eds.), Amici Curiae: Adviezen aan het Europees Hof
voor de Rechten van de Mens (pp. 193-206). Wolf Legal
Publishers.
Morijn,
J. (2012). Gueye and Salmerón Sánchez: The
ECJ side-stepping the Stockholm syndrome in domestic violence
cases, and its implications. Web publication/site, . http://eutopialaw.com/2012/01/09/gueye-and-salmeron-sanchez-the-ecj-side-stepping-the-stockholm-syndrome-in-domestic-violence-cases-and-its-implications/
Morijn,
J. (2012). New discussions on UN human rights treaty
monitoring reform: Using the Momentum while acknnowledging
financial and political realities. Web publication/site, .
http://www.ejiltalk.org/new-discussions-on-un-human-rights-treaty-monitoring-reform-using-the-momentum-while-acknowledging-financial-and-political-realities/
Morijn,
J., & Sasse van Ysselt, P. B. C. D. F. (2012).
Niet-rechterlijke handhaving van het EU-Grondrechtenhandvest:
een analyse van de eerste stappen. Nederlands
Tijdschrift voor de Mensenrechten, 37(3),
295-310.
van
Sasse van IJsselt, P., & Morijn, J. (2012).
Niet-rechterlijke handhaving van het EU-Handvest van de
grondrechten: een analyse van de eerste stappen.
NTM/NJCM-Bulletin, 37(3),
295-310.
Morijn,
J. (2012). UN human rights treaty monitoring reform
update: promising OHCHR proposals now to be acted upon by the
General Assembly (and the EU). Web publication/site, . http://www.ejiltalk.org/un-human-rights-treaty-monitoring-reform-update-promising-ohchr-proposals-now-to-be-acted-upon-by-the-general-assembly-and-the-eu/
Morijn,
J. (2012). Unlocking and advancing the protection of
religious beliefs in Strasbourg: towards sub-dividing "the public
sphere". In The Italian Yearbook of International
Law (Vol. XXI, pp. 193-209)
Morijn,
J. (2012). zaak C-571/12, Kamberaj.
European Human Rights Cases,
2012.
2011
Morijn,
J. (2011). Bijdrage aan rapport voor Fide-congres
2012, topic 1 (antwoord op vraag 4). NVER.
Morijn,
J. (2011). Case note (14737/09).
European Human Rights Cases,
2011(12(11)).
Morijn,
J. (2011). Case note (C-483/09).
European Human Rights Cases,
2011(12).
Morijn,
J. (2011). Het Juridisch bindende handvest van de
grondrechten van de Europese Unie: Eerste ervaringen en openstaande
vragen. NJCM Bulletin, 36
(1), 45 - 62.
Morijn,
J. (2011). Reforming United Nations Human Rights
Treaty Monitoring Reform. Netherlands
International Law Review, 3, 295 - 333.
Morijn,
J. (2011). The EU Fundamental Rights Charter, the
European Commission and the Council of Ministers: checking the
'Charter checklists' - part 1 + 2.
Eutopia. http://eutopialaw.com/2011/09/28/the-eu-fundamental-rights-charter-the-european-commission-and-the-council-of-ministers-checking-the-%e2%80%98charter-checklists%e2%80%99-part-1/
2010
Morijn,
J. (2010). Conflicts between fundamental rights or
conflicting fundamental rights vocubularies? An analysis of
diverging uses of 'fundamental rights' in the context of
international and European trade law. In J. Ramakistaiah
(Ed.), Trade and Human Rights Icfai University
Press.
Morijn,
J. (2010). Reframing Human Rights and Trade:
Potential and Limits of a Human Rights Perspective of WTO law on
cultural and educational goods and services.
Intersentia, International Law Series.
2009
Morijn,
J. (2009). Backgroud Study: Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms within the scope of EU judicial cooperation in criminal
matters. In M. Dane, & A. Klip (Eds.), An additional
evaluation mechanism in the field of EU judicial cooperation in
criminal matters to strengthen mutual trust Celsus Juridische
uitgeverij.
Morijn,
J., & Krommendijk, J. (2009). "Proportional" by
what measure(s)? Balancing Investor Interests and Human Rights by
Way of Applying the Proportionality Principle in Investor-State
Arbitration. In P.-M. Dupuy, F. Francioni, & E.-U.
Petersmann (Eds.), Human Rights in International Investment Law
and Arbitration Oxford University Press.
2008
Morijn,
J. (2008). Conflicts Between Fundamental Rights or
Conflicting Fundamental Rights Vocabularies? An Analysis of
Diverging Uses of 'Fundamental Rights' in the Context of
International and European Trade Law. In E. Brems (Ed.),
Conflict Between Fundamental Rights Intersentia,
International Law Series.
Morijn,
J. (2008). Handelsliberalisering, hoger onderwijs en
mensenrechtenbescherming. In C. Lourenz (Ed.), If you
are so smart, why aren't you rich? Universiteit, markt en
management Boom.
Morijn,
J. (2008). Onderwijs als sociaal-cultureel
beleidsterrein en als economisch te verlenen of ontvangen dienst:
anatomie van een juridisch spanningsveld.
Nederlands tijdschrift voor onderwijsrecht en
onderwijsbeleid, 5-6, 451 - 463.
Morijn,
J. (2008). The Place of Cultural Rights in the WTO
system. In F. Francioni, & M. Scheinin (Eds.),
Cultural Human Rights (International Studies in Human
Rights). Martinus Nijhoff.
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