Year: 2022
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Interview with Robert Spano on the UK and the ECtHR
Legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg recently interviewed the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, Robert Spano. In the interview for the BBC, Robert Spano talks about the relationship between the Court and the United Kingdom, the UK Bill of Rights introduced by Justice
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New Book on Human Rights Disputes in Sport before the ECtHR
Daniel Rietiker (senior lawyer at the ECtHR) has just published a new book entitled Defending athletes, players, clubs and fans: Manual for human rights education and litigation in sport, in particular before the European Court of Human Rights. Here is a brief summary: ”This essential book
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Call for Abstracts on Populism, Authoritarianism and the ECtHR
The PluriCourts Centre at the University of Oslo has issued a call for abstracts. It relates to an upcoming workshop with the title ‘The European Court of Human Rights Facing Populism and Authoritarianism: Time for System Change?’ which will take place on 27 and 28
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New Book on the ECHR Regime and Immigration and Minority Policies
Dia Anagnostou (Associate Professor, Panteion University of Social Sciences) has just published a new book entitled The European Convention of Human Rights Regime: Reform of Immigration and Minority Policies from Afar. Here is the abstract: ‘Prompted by an unprecedented rise of litigation since the 1990s, this book
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New Book on Fair Trial Rules of Evidence in ECtHR Case-Law
Jurkka Jämsä (Vaasa Court of Appeal, Finland) has published the monograph Fair Trial Rules of Evidence. The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights with Routledge. It is a very structured practice-oriented guide on the law of evidence and the normative framework the
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New Thematic Factsheet on the Reopening of Domestic Judicial Proceedings Following the European Court’s Judgments
Last week, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published a new thematic factsheet on the reopening of domestic judicial proceedings following judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Here is a brief
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CoE Guidelines on Preventing and Remedying ECHR Violations
We had not yet reported on it, but at the end of last month, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted guidelines to assist themselves, the 46 Council of Europe member states, in their efforts to comply with their obligations to secure to
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New Book: Exporting the European Convention on Human Rights
Maria-Louiza Deftou (Postdoctoral Researcher at the Athens Public International Law Center) has just published a monograph entitled Exporting the European Convention on Human Rights with Bloomsbury. Here is the abstract: ‘This book explores how the European Convention on Human Rights operates and influences on the
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a number of newly published readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights of the last few months: ● Veronika Fikfak and Lora Izvorova, ‘Language and Persuasion: Human Dignity at the European Court of
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Launch of the Court’s Knowledge Sharing Platform
On 18 October 2022, the Court’s Knowledge Sharing platform (ECHR-KS) was launched, a platform developed by the Registry. On the platform, up-to-date data and analyses of developments in the Court’s case-law through specific Convention Articles/Transversal Themes are shared. The platform thereby complements other sources for