Month: May 2020
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First Issue ECHR Law Review
A new academic baby is born, but one with very dedicated and experienced parents: the first issue of the new European Convention on Human Rights Law Review has now been published online (with Brill Publishers). With a number of short musings about the Court and
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Guest Post on the European Court, Domestic Oversight of COVID-19 Emergency Measures, and Procedural Rationality
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post commenting a specific aspect of the current COVID-19 pandemic: how the European Court of Human Rights could foster oversight within ECHR state parties by using procedural rationality. It was written by my SIM colleague Kushtrim Istrefi
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Online Talk by Robert Spano on Judicial Independence
In a very nice collaboration, the research centre iCourts in Copenhagen and Verfassungsblog are organising an online public talk on Friday 29 May at 14h00 CET by the new President of the European Court of Human Rights, judge Robert Spano. The topic wil be judicial independence.
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Updated CoE HELP Course on Introduction to the ECHR
The HELP programme (Human rights Education for Legal Professionals) of the Council of Europe has launched a revised version of its free online course that provides an introduction to the ECHR. This is the announcement: ‘The 47-nation Council of Europe has launched an updated version
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Factsheet on ECtHR Judgments and Constitutional Reform
One of the most contentious and difficult legal consequences of a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights is when not (just) an adjustment of national policy or ordinary law is concerned, but when it necessitates a change in a state’s constitution. It is
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EIN Webinar on Effective Domestic ECHR Implementation
The European Implementation Network is organising a webinar on 19 May on the issue of civil society on domestic advocacy for the implementation of Strasbourg Court judgments, at the occasion of a new guide produced by the network. This is the official announcement: ‘The European