Month: February 2022
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Ukraine, the Suspension of Russia in the CoE, and Infringement Proceedings in Turkish Kavala Case
As the very worrisome and sad events of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are rapidly and brutally unfolding this week, causing both human suffering and human rights violations, the very fabric of peace and the international rule of law in Europe seem to be deeply at stake. The Council
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The Court in 2021: (worrying) facts and figures
Each year, the European Court of Human Rights issues annual reports that provide an overview of its activities, case-law and other facts and figures. The 2021 reports were issued last week, and are available here, here and here The overview of the Court’s case-law showcase a summary of key judgments that
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New Thematic Factsheet on Roma and Travellers
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR has issued a new thematic factsheet on the execution of the Strasbourg Court judgments on ‘Roma and Travellers’. The Council of Europe uses the terms ‘Roma and Travellers’ to encompass the wide diversity of certain disadvantaged groups, including Roma,
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of ECHR-related publications of the last few months. More will follow in some of our subsequent posts. ● Başak Çalı and Esra Demir-Gürsel, ‘The Council of Europe’s Responses to the Decay of the Rule of Law and Human Rights
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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 10 February
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again this week, on 10 February 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’
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Online Seminar on the ECHR: Environmental Claims; Contemporary Issues
On Wednesday 9 February 2022,from 14h00 to 17h00 GMT, the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham is organising an online seminar on the ECHR. This is the announcement by the organisers: ‘The Seminar is being held in honour of Emeritus Professor Alastair