Year: 2020
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The Convention and the ECHR Blog in 2020
Dear readers of the ECHR Blog, 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. Despite its age, the Convention system has never been more attractive. The scholarly work on the Convention continues to rise, with new books, articles, blogs, podcasts and…
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New Book on the European Court of Human Rights by Judge Nussberger
Earlier this year, Angelika Nussberger published a book entitled The European Court of Human Rights with Oxford University Press. Nussberger is a former judge and vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights and an academic based at the University of Cologne. The book provides an…
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ECHR Articles in December Issue of NQHR
The newest (December) issue of our SIM-based Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR, volume 38, issue 4) has just been published online. Apart from a column on the #BlackLivesMatter protests in the US and the SIM Peter Baehr lecture on digital human rights, all its…
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ECHR Decides the First Case Regarding Covid-19 Measures
The pandemic Covid-19 has affected the entire globe. Yet, the States have had different responses to this public health emergency. Measures vary from full to partial to ‘intelligent’ to no lockdown. Each response has been guided by different considerations, some paying more attention to public…
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ECHR Law Review Issue 2 is Now Available Online
The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (ECHR Law Review) is a scholarly journal devoted exclusively to the Convention system. The second issue of the ECHR Law Review is now available online. It contains articles, book reviews, an interview and editorial note on such…
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New Book on the European Court of Human Rights and Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict
Dr Dilek Kurban, based at the Hertie School of Government in Berlin, has published the book Limits of Supranational Justice. The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict with Cambridge University Press. The monograph is a must read for any academic or legal…
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New Book on ‘Hard Power’ and the ECHR
Dr Peter Kempees has published the new book “Hard Power” and the European Convention on Human Rights with Brill Publishers. I had the pleasure of being on the reading committee of the dissertation of dr Kempees on which this book is based. It was successfully…
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Summer School “ECHR in Times of Crises”
TU Dresden and Leipzig University are organising the 2nd International Summer School “Human Rights in Theory and Practice” from September 5th to 10th, 2021 in Dresden. The Summer School will focus on the topic of “The European Convention on Human Rights in Times of Crises” and will explore challenges…
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Guest Post: Admission of Evidence Obtained Through Ill-treatment of a Third Party by Private Individuals: the Case of Ćwik v. Poland
By Matteo Mastracci, PhD researcher at Koç University On 5 November 2020, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case of Ćwik v. Poland. The question, which until now had never been addressed by the Court, was whether the exclusionary rule…
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New Book on Law, Democracy and the ECtHR
Rory O’Connell (Ulster University) has published a new monograph entitled Law, Democracy and the European Court of Human Rights with Cambridge University Press. O’Connell is an esteemed colleague over at the Transitional Justice Institute in Belfast – where I had the pleasure of being a guest…