Year: 2021
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Webinar on Evidence and Proof in ECtHR Proceedings
On 5 July, The DISSECT research project led by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour (Ghent University) is organising a webinar on ‘Evidence and Proof in Proceedings Before the European Court of Human Rights.’ The DISSECT project, more widely, looks at evidence in international human rights adjudication. Places are…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – A Protocol for the Ostriches? Civil Society Perspectives
Başak Çalı, Hertie School Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights, a culmination of the UK Government’s contribution to the process of reform of the European Court of Human Rights during its Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – What Implications for Applicants’ Right of Access to the European Court?
Philip Leach, European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Middlesex University More than eight years after it was adopted, Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights will come into force in August this year, following the final state ratification, by Italy, in April. This short post considers some…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – The Court: Criteria for Office and Relinquishment
Lize R. Glas, Faculty of Law, Radboud University In this blog post, I will discuss two amendments that Protocol 15 will bring. These two amendments concern the criteria for office, more specifically the age limit of candidates for office, and the relinquishment of jurisdiction…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – Yesterday’s Solutions for Yesterday’s Problems?
Janneke Gerards, Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, Utrecht University Towards Protocol 15 About fifteen years ago, European fundamental rights scholars, judges and politicians were confronted with a new reality. Until then, most scholars had admired the way in…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – Introduction
Antoine Buyse and Kushtrim Istrefi The wheels of international law often turn slowly. And so do negotiations leading to treaties or amendments of those. But even once adopted, many years may pass before entry into force. The addition of Protocols to the European Convention…
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Seminar on the Effective Implementation of the ECHR
On 15 June, PluriCourts at the University of Oslo and the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe will host a seminar on the ‘Effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights – Enhancing Domestic Dialogue and Co-ordination‘. The seminar will…
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New Subscription System to the ECHR Blog
Dear readers, Many of you are subscribed to our blog and receive updates on new posts by email. We are writing to inform you that as of 9 June 2021, all subscribers to ECHR Blog will receive our news and posts by email through a…
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Guest Post on Big Brother Watch and Others v UK : Snowden’s Redemption or Pyrrhic Victory?
It’s our pleasure to introduce a guest post on one of last month’s key judgments on surveillance through bulk interception of data and on privacy, the Grand Chamber judgment in Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom: Maximillian Shreeve-McGiffen, LLM student, University College…
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Webinar on Conflict Litigation in the Post-Soviet Region
On 21 June, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) of Middlesex University will host a panel discussion titled Conflict on Litigation in the Post-Soviet Region. The panel will focus on the recent interstate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, including Ukraine v…