Nicolas Hervieu is a specialist in public and European litigation and civil liberties law.

He is an affiliate professor at Sciences Po Law School and a lecturer at the University of Évry.

He is a collaborator at SCP Spinosi (lawyer at the french Council of State and the french Court of Cassation).

He teaches public litigation, civil liberties law, European law (ECHR and European Union), and immigration law (at the Law School, the Law School Clinic, and the preparatory classes for careers as judge or police officer).

He is a member of the editorial board of the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme (RTDH) and the scientific committee of the Gazette des droits fondamentaux. He is also a member of the Paris Bar Human Rights Institute (IDHBP).

Specializations:

• Administrative and constitutional litigation
• European law
• Civil liberties law

Publications (selection): 

•  Regular columns in the Gazette du Palais - Lextenso (since 2019)
• "Criticism of the ECHR: Behind the migration issue lies a threat to the rights of all Europeans," Recueil Dalloz, 2025, No. 1416
• "Inclusive writing and the French language: A history of law and freedom," Dalloz Actualité, March 2023
• "Videoconferencing in criminal matters during the health crisis," Recueil Dalloz, 2021, No. 280
• "Orality in trials tested by European and constitutional requirements" in O. Desaulnay (ed.), La Parole en droit public, Ed. l'Epitoge, 2020, p. 131 et seq.
• "The independence of lawyers through the prism of European law – CJEU judgment in Uniwersytet Wroclawski," LexBase, April 2020, No. 302, 10 p.
• "Incompressible life imprisonment for terrorism: the tragic illusion," Dalloz Actualité, March 2016;
• "State of emergency and the ECHR: the resilience of human rights," Dalloz Actualité, December 2015.
•  "Lacunes et infortunes de l'Etat de droit(s) à Mayotte" (co-author), in AJDA, No. 33, 2014, p. 1849
• "European human rights law," in M. Touzeil-Divina (ed.), Initiation au Droit, Paris, LGDJ, 2014 (2nd ed.), p. 51 et seq.
• "References to extra-systemic statements in judicial discourse: a pedagogical tool for human rights?", in Pedagogy and Human Rights, Véronique CHAMPEIL-DESPLATS . (Eds.), Nanterre, Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest, 2014, pp. 195-208
• "The right to vote for prisoners: a never-ending story for a decisive dispute," in RTDH, No. 2013/87, pp. 215-238
• "The public space in European human rights law or the reign of chiaroscuro," in Law and public space(s), Olivia XUI-BUAN (Dir.), Paris, LGDJ, Fondation Varenne, 2012, pp. 93-101
• "Initial views of the European Court of Human Rights on video surveillance at work," in RTDH, No. 2011/87, pp. 671-694.
• "Freedom of expression for politicians in European law: 'From democracy to Strasbourg'," in Cahiers de la recherche sur les droits fondamentaux, 2010, no. 8, pp. 103-116
• "The European Court of Human Rights, alchemist of trade union freedom," in Revue de Droit du Travail, No. 5, 2009, pp. 288-294

Opinion pieces (general press):

• "Political attacks on the ECHR are becoming increasingly direct and existential," in Le Monde, May 27, 2025
• "Against the rule of law, a political offensive as direct as it is unprecedented in France," in La Croix, October 21, 2024
• "The spiral of digital surveillance, a slow poison against our rule of law," in Libération, March 28, 2024
• "No, the ECHR has not elevated Sharia law to human rights status," in Le Figaro, December 28, 2018
• "Counterterrorism: the European Court is an ally, not an obstacle," in Libération, January 21, 2015