Wouter Hins is an Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor by special appointment of Media Law at Leiden University. He takes a special interest in human rights and mass communication. In 1991, he was awarded his doctorate by the UvA for his thesis, 'Ontvangstvrijheid en buitenlandse omroep' ('Freedom of Reception and Foreign Broadcasting').

Furthermore, he is a member of the complaints committees of the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority), the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (Netherlands Public Broadcasting) and the Ministry of VWS (Health, Welfare and Sport). He is also an editor of the journal Mediaforum and responsible for the quarterly column, 'Mediarecht' (Media Law), in Ars Aequi.

(with D. Voorhoof), Access to State-Held Information as a Fundamental Right under the European Convention on Human Rights, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Cambridge University Press, 2007-1, p. 114-126.

Access to state-held information essential in a democratic society - Traditional reluctance of the European Court of Human Rights to apply Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights in access to information cases - Positive obligations and new perspectives: initiatives within the Council of Europe - Parallel with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Sdruženi Jihoceské Matky decision of the European Court: the beginning of a new era?

11.05.2007

Updated 19.12.2007