Month: September 2022
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Introducing Our New Assistant Editor
Dear readers of the ECHR Blog, we are very pleased to inform you that the editorial team of our blog will be expanded. As of this week, Matilda Rados is joining us as assistant editor. Matilda Rados is junior lecturer in international law and
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New Court Vice-Presidents and Section Presidents
The election of the Court’s new President yesterday entitled a reshuffling of a number off other key functions within the European Court of Human Rights. In the same plenary meeting yesterday, the Court’s judges elected amongst themselves two new Vice-Presidents and two Section Presidents of the Court. The
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Siofra O’Leary New President of the Court
Today, the European Court of Human Rights has elected Síofra O’Leary, judge in respect of Ireland, as its new President. Síofra O’Leary is the very first female President since the creation of the European Court of Human Rights. She joined the Court in 2015 and
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Russia No Longer a Party to the ECHR as of Today
Today, 16 September 2002, presents a sad landmark: the Russian Federation ceases to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. Exactly half a year has passed since Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe following its invasion of Ukraine. And even
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New Book on Environmental Rights and the European Court
Natalia Kobylarz (Senior lawyer at the registry of the European Court of Human Rights) and Evadne Grant (Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of England) have co-edited and just published the book, which is also a special issue of the Journal of Human Rights
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MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 7 September
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again this week, on 7 September. 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
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New Book on Effective Domestic Remedies and the European Court of Human Rights
Michael Reiertsen has published the monograph Effective Domestic Remedies and the European Court of Human Rights: Applications of the ECHR Article 13 with Cambridge University Press. Here is the abstract: ‘In Malone v. UK (Plenary 1984), the right to an effective domestic remedy in the