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Artūrs Kučs

Associate Professor

Dr. iur. Artūrs Kučs

arturs.kucs@lu.lv

Courses: International Human Rights Law, International Media Law, Legal proceedings in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights 

Consultation times available here.

Research interests:

International Human Rights Law, European Convention on Human Rights, European Charter of Fundamental Rights, Media Law, Defamation and Privacy, Hate Speech, Minority Rights.as.

Professional experience and achievements: 

  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (from September 2024)
  • Judge of the Constitutional Court (2017-2024)
  • Member of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (2021-2024)
  • Substitute Member of the Venice Commission for Democracy through Law  (2021-2024)
  • Member of Management Board, COST action No. CA-19143 “European Digital Human Rights Network” (2020-2024)
  • National Director of the European Master Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (2006-2024)
  • Legal Adviser to the Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia (2012-2017)
  • Head of the Department of International and European Law of the Faculty of Law (2010-2017)
  • DAAD Visiting Scholar Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (Germany) (2011)
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University of Connecticut, School of Law (2010)

Publications:

  • Kučs A., Satversmes atvērtība starptautiskajām cilvēktiesībām. Latvijas Universitātes 80. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences rakstu krājums ‘’Latvijas Republikas Satversmei - 100.”, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2022, 12.-25.lpp.
  • Kučs A., Melnika M., Latvia. In: Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann (eds.), Can Platforms Cancel Politicians? How States and Platforms Deal with Private Power over Political Actors: an Exploratory Study of 15 Countries (Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, 2021).
  • Kučs A., Melnika M., Latvia. In: Kettemann, M. C.; Fertmann, M.: (eds.) Viral Information: How States and Platforms Deal with Covid-19-related Disinformation: an Exploratory Study of 20 Countries (Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, 2020), GDHRNet Working Paper #1.
  • Kučs A. Blanket Bans in Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights. Collection of research papers in conjunction with the 8th International Scientific Conference the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, Universtity of Latvia Press, 2021,p.369-379.
  • Kucs A. Importance of legislative process in evaluation of human rights limitations in case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court of Latvia / Arturs Kucs. Bibliogr.: p.238-240  // Legal Science: Functions, Significance and Future in Legal Systems II : Collection of Research Papers in Conjunction with the 7th International Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, 16–18 October 2019, Riga / editorial board: Carlo Amatucci, Anita Rodina ... [et al.] Riga : University of Latvia, 2020 P.231-240.
  • Kučs A. Tiesnešu un tiesas kritikas robežas Eiropas Cilvēktiesību tiesas praksē.  Grām: Tiesas un mediju komunikācija. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2019, 194–208.lpp.
  • Bērziņa L., Bīriņa L., Jambuševa L., Kučs A. Regulation of Online Media in Latvia. In: Susi M., Viljanen J., Jónsson E., Kučs A. (Eds.) Human Rights Law and Regulating Freedom of Expression in New Media: Lessons from Nordic Approaches. London: Routledge, 2018, pp. 97–115.
  • Kučs A., Viljanen J. Updating Freedom of Expression Doctrines in the New Media Case: Lessons from Strasbourg and Other International Treaty Bodies. In: Susi M., Viljanen J., Jónsson E., Kučs A. (Eds.) Human Rights Law and Regulating Freedom of Expression in New Media: Lessons from Nordic Approaches. London: Routledge, 2018, pp. 189–206.
  • Kučs A. Latvijas pilsoņu kopuma atjaunošana. Grām: T.Jundzis, A. Kučs, G. Kusiņš, J. Lazdiņš, J. Pleps. ‘’Nepārtrauktības doktrīna Latvijas vēstures kontekstā’’. Rīga: Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas Baltijas stratēģisko pētījumu centrs, 2017, 311.-323.lpp.
  • Kučs A. Latvijas un citu Baltijas valstu juridiskās nepārtrauktības jautājums starptautiskajās organizācijās. Grām: T.Jundzis, A. Kučs, G. Kusiņš, J. Lazdiņš, J. Pleps. ‘’Nepārtrauktības doktrīna Latvijas vēstures kontekstā’’. Rīga: Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas Baltijas stratēģisko pētījumu centrs, 2017, 393.-409.lpp.
  • Kučs A., Denial of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity in the Jurisprudence of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Routledge, Vol. 40, Iss. 2, 2014.