Month: March 2023
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Wishes for Reykjavik
What Can the Fourth Council of Europe Summit Have in Store for the Court? by Lize R. Glas, Radboud University On 16 and 17 May 2023, a summit of heads of state and government of the Council of Europe (CoE) will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland. This is
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New Edition of ‘Law of the European Convention on Human Rights’
David Harris (Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham), Michael O’Boyle (Former Deputy Registrar at the European Court of Human Rights), Ed Bates (Associate Professor at the University of Leicester) and Carla M. Buckley (International Human Rights Lawyer) have just published the fifth edition of their textbook
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The Hague Civil Society Declaration on Council of Europe Reform
Earlier this month, on 28 February and 1 March, the first ever Council of Europe Civil Society Summit took place in The Hague, the very city in which 75 years earlier one of the foundational moments of the European movement happened, eventually leading to the creation of the Council
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Webinar on Climate Change and the ECHR
On 23 March, Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is organizing a webinar entitled ‘The Climate Docket at the European Court of Human Rights‘. The webinar will discuss the cases on climate change currently pending before the European Court of Human Rights,
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Summer School on Council of Europe
The School of Law and Social Justice of the University of Liverpool will be organising a dedicated summer school on the Law of the Council of Europe. It will take place between 2 and 14 July and is geared towards the postgraduate level, for students,
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The first issue of the year of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (vol. 4, issue 1). The issue contains one editorial note, one guest editorial, two research articles and a book review. The contributions discuss such topics as the role of the
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Webinar on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights
On 13 March, SWPS University, Riga Graduate School of Law and the University of Cologne are organizing a webinar on the future of the European Court of Human Rights. The webinar is part of a series of webinars entitled ”Road to Reykjavik. Chances and Challenges
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New Thematic Factsheet on the Right to Free Elections
Today, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has issued a new thematic factsheet on the right to free elections. Here is a brief description: ”The European Court has underlined that democracy constitutes a fundamental