Year: 2015
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New Registrar for the Court
Yesterday, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights, sitting in plenary, elected a new registrar, Mr Roderick Liddell. The registrar leads the legal and administrative support staff of the Court, comprising over 600 people. They process and prepare the complaints coming to the…
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New Judges Elected in Strasbourg
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected four new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. These elections followed the recommendations of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Armenia, Mr…
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Inaugural Lecture
After an hiatus, due to the preparation of my inaugural lecture last week, I am back at blogging. My inaugural lecture as professor of human rights at Utrecht University, dealing with human rights from a multidisciplinary perspective, is now available on the SIM website: ‘Human…
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New Book on Fundamental Rights in the EU and ECHR
Sonia Morano-Foadi and Lucy Vickers, both based at Oxford Brookes University, have edited a new volume on the relationship between the Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts. It is entitled ‘Fundamental Rights in the EU. A Matter for Two Courts’ and has been published at Hart Publishing.…
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New ECHR Publications
Please find below a new update of recent ECHR-related articles and other writings: * Stephan Hollenberg, ‘The Diverging Approaches of the European Court of Human Rights in the Cases of Nada and Al-Dulimi’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 2 (2015). * Paul…
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New Book on ECHR and European Consensus
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Surrey), who has guest posted on this blog before, has just published a new book on one of the areas in which he is a specialist, the notion of European consensus in the case-law of the Court. The book, entitled ‘European…
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Call for Tenders on Support to ECHR Effectiveness at National Level
The Council of Europe has issued a call for tenders to evaluate the effectiveness of the Council of Europe support to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level. The consultancy will focus on the following countries: Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Romania,…
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Five New Judges Elected to the Court
This week the Parliamentary Assembly elected five new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Finland, Austria, Ireland, Andorra, and Liechtenstein. This will mean a renewal of part of the Court, but also a loss of experience. Especially the…
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Summer School Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe
The universities of Bologna and Strasbourg and King’s College London are again co-organising a Summer School on “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe”. The Summer School is held from 28 June to 3 July in the castle of the beautiful Rocca di Bertinoro. This…
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Conference on ECHR and General International Law
The European Court of Human Rights and the European Society for International Law are jointly organising a conference on “The European Convention on Human Rights and General International Law”. The conference will be held on 5 June in the building of the European Court in…