Month: April 2019
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Conference on Loyal Co-operation in the ECHR System
The University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice is organizing the conference ‘Loyal Co-Operation within the System of the European Convention on Human Rights’ on 10 and 11 May. The extensive two-day programme features new research presentations from scholars across Europe and several
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Case-Law Guide on Article 17 ECHR
In its series of case-law guides, the Court has published online a new one on Article 17, the European Convention’s provision on the abuse of rights. This Article provides: “Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any
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New ECHR Articles in Human Rights Law Review
The first issue of 2019 of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 19, no. 1) includes a number of ECHR-focused articles: * Alice Donald & Anne-Katrin Speck, ‘The European Court of Human Rights’ Remedial Practice and its Impact on the Execution of Judgments’, pp. 83-117:
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New Judges Elected in Respect of Turkey and Malta
Earlier this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to serve 9-year terms at the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Malta, Lorraine Schembri Orland was elected with an absolute majority of votes cast. Judge Schembri Orlan
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Book on Inter-State Complaints and the ECHR
I somehow missed to highlight this earlier, but last year an important book on the often-overlooked other contentious role of the Court (beyond deciding in individual cases) was published. Isabella Risini has written The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human Rights. Between Collective
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Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos New President of the Court
Although announced on April fools’ day by the Court, one may assume this is serious and real news: the Court has elected from its midst Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos to serve as its new President. Judge Sicilianos had already been one of the Court’s Vice-Presidents since 2017 and