Month: April 2021
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Information Hub on ECHR Implementation for NHRIs
ENNHRI, The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, has this week launched a dedicated information hub on its website on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Although geared towards NHRIs, the information is of much wider interest and of use to anyone working
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Online ERA Seminar on the Newest ECtHR Freedom of Expression Case-law
On 27 and 28 May, the European Law Academy (ERA) is organising another of its online seminars for legal practitioners on the newest case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on freedom of expression. A great opportunity to hear about the latest developments from
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New Book on The Court – Current Challenges in Historical Perspective
Helmut Philipp Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) and Esra Demir-Gürsel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) have co-edited a new book entitled The European Court of Human Rights – Current Challenges in Historical Perspective, with Edward Elgar Publishers. It is a collection of contributions from a wide range of
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Workshop on the Execution of the Court’s Judgments
In the context of the German Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School and Middlesex University, are organising a workshop this Friday 30 April, entitled
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Two New EIN Publications for NGOs on ECtHR Judgment Implementation
The European Implementation Network (EIN) this month published two new documents aimed at aiding civil society organisations to further the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The first relates to the creation of so-called national Implementation Hubs, in which NGOs can
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Protocol 15 Ratified by all Contracting Parties to the ECHR
As of 21 April 2021, all Contracting Parties to the ECHR have ratified Protocol 15. It will enter into force on 1 August 2021. The Protocol was adopted in 2013, so it took eight years for all States to ratify it. Italy was the last
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Frédéric Krenc Elected New Judge in Respect of Belgium
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected Frédéric Krenc as the new judge in respect of Belgium. Mr Krencs was elected by absolute majority, right away in the first round, receiving 148 of 262 votes. Mr Krenc is a practising lawyer
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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 4 May
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again on 4 May 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the ECHR’ is taught
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PACE Meeting on Navalny, Covid-19 Vaccination, Election of ECtHR Judges and More
From 19-22 April 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will meet to discuss a number of urgent issues. The following items in the agenda are relevant for the the Convention system as a whole: – The arrest and detention of Alexei
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New Book on European Consensus between Strategy and Principle
Jens T. Theilen has published with Nomos a book titled European Consensus between Strategy and Principle: The Uses of Vertically Comparative Legal Reasoning in Regional Human Rights Adjudication. The book is open access and can be downloaded for free here. Here is a short abstract