Year: 2022
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Invoking Subsidiarity to Weaken ECHR Protection in the UK
Guest post by Katie Lines Introduction For many months now, the United Kingdom’s Government has been solidifying plans to drastically change the country’s human rights framework in a manner that could jeopardise its continued membership of the Council of Europe. On 10 May, the Government confirmed its intention to
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of academic readings from the last few months on the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and its case-law: * Paul Gragl, ‘Kant and Strasbourg on Mandatory Vaccinations’, European Convention on Human Rights Law
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Kosovo Applies for Council of Europe Membership
Last week, on 12 May 2022, Kosovo has formally applied for membership of the Council of Europe. For many years, this did not seem a possibility because not all CoE member states recognised Kosovo as a state, but with the new geopolitical situation following Russia’s invasion of
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Webinar on the European Court of Human Rights: Between Law and Anthropology
On 19 May, the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is hosting an online conversation with Professor Jessica Greenberg and Professor Angelika Nußberger on the European Court of Human Rights: Between Law and Anthropology. The event will be moderated by Dr Alice Margaria. To join
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Fully Funded PhD Positions on ECHR and Migration
The Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is offering two fully funded PhD positions to study the ambivalent role of the European Court of Human Rights as an actor and forum for the human rights turn in legal discourses on migration.
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Conference on Systemic Non-Implementation of ECtHR Judgments
The European Implementation Network (EIN) is organising a conference entitled ‘Systemic Non-Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights – What Can Civil Society Do?’ on 22 and 23 June in Strasbourg. While geared towards EIN members, other participants are also welcome and
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Online Book Panel on New ECHR Books
On 8 June 2022 at 16h00 CET, an online panel will be organized on “Minimalism vs. Maximalism? Challenges and Future Directions in the Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights”, chaired by Professor Eva Brems. It centres on three recent ECHR-related monographs and follows upon an
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EIN & DRI Report on Non-Implementation of Judgments of European Courts
Democracy Reporting International and the European Implementation Network (EIN) have published a report on the problems with implementation of both the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. The report is entitled ‘Justice Delayed and Justice Denied: Non-Implementation of European Courts Judgments and the
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Mykola Gnatovskyy Elected New Judge in Respect of Ukraine
On 26 April 2022, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Mykola Gnatovskyy as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Ukraine. His term of of office of nine years will commence not later than three months after his election.
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The ECHR Law Review has just published online its newest issue (vol. 3. issue 2). It contains an editorial note, book review, notes and articles on such topical issues as the war in Ukraine, inter-State applications, mandatory vaccination, to name a few. * Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Vassilis