Year: 2022
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Video Interview with Court President Robert Spano
Current Court President Robert Spano is in his last few weeks at the helm of the European Court of Human Rights. To look back at his presidency of the Court over the last 2.5 years, he has been interviewed this month by professor Mikael Rask
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New Book: Case Law Compendium on the Death Penalty and Extrajudicial Execution
Jeremy McBride (Barrister at Monckton Chambers, London, specialising in cases before the ECHR and the UNHRC) has published the book entitled Compendium of case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the death penalty and extrajudicial execution, with Council of Europe (2022). Below is a
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Hybrid Colloquium on Margin of Appreciation
This Thursday 13 October, in the afternoon, Maastricht University, is organising a hybrid colloquium entitled ‘The Margin of Appreciation as the Bridge Between the Universal Presence of Human Rights and Their Concrete Implementation’. The full programme can be found here. This is the abstract of
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New Book on Private Actors and the Procedure Before the European Court
A bit over a week ago, my Utrecht Law School colleague and SIM fellow Claire Loven successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Followers of this blog may know her as the moderator of our MOOC on the ECHR. Dr Loven’s monograph has already been published with Intersentia Publishers in
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The newest issue of the ECHR Law Review is out now (vol. 3, issue 3). The issue contains an editorial note, two guest editorials, a case report, a book review and research articles. The contributions discuss such topics as the judicial discretion of the European
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Updated Factsheet on Mass Surveillance and the ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has published a revised version of its factsheet on Mass Surveillance. This newest update of September 2022 includes the leading cases ranging from the classic 1970s landmark judgment in Klass and others v Germany to the Haščák v. Slovakia case of this
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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