Year: 2023
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New Online Course ‘Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’
The HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Programme of the Council of Europe has launched the free online course ‘Introduction to Human Rights Protection in Europe – The Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights‘. This six-hour online course focuses…
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Webinar on the ECtHR and Domestic Case-law Application
On 4 December 2023 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET, the European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘The European Court of Human Rights and its case-law application at national level: How to…
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New Book on the ECtHR and the Norm against Torture
Ezgi Yildiz (California State University) has just published a new book entitled ‘Between Forbearance and Audacity: The European Court of Human Rights and the Norm against Torture‘. This is the abstract: ‘When international courts are given sweeping powers, why would they ever refuse to use them?…
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New Session of MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 2 November
In a week, on Thursday 2 November, Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! 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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Systemic Problems Unveiled: The Yalcinkaya Case and the Demise of the Bylock Digital Evidence
By Dr. iur. Yasir Gökce The Turkish Government has declared the Gülen Movement a terrorist organization and blamed the Movement for orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt. To identify the members of this organization, the Government has controversially decided that any individual who downloaded and/or used the…
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Intersectional Rewrites Project
An interesting project has been launched online this year, entitled Intersectional Rewrites: European Court of Human Rights Judgments Reimagined. Leading eventually both to a book as well as to a blog series (see the call for blog contributions below), this is the summary of the project as…
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New Book on the ECHR and the Court in French
Frédéric Krenc, the judge at the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of Belgium, has published a new book entitled ‘Une Convention et une Cour pour les droits fondamentaux, la démocratie et l’État de droit‘ [A Convention and a Court for fundamental rights,…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The third issue of the year of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (Vol. 4, Issue 3). The issue contains one editorial, three guest editorial notes, two research articles and two book reviews. The contributions discuss such topics as the election process of…
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Workshop on Writing and Publishing on the ECHR
The University of Essex and the Academy for European Human Rights Protection at the University of Cologne are co-organizing a workshop for early career researchers. The workshop, entitled ‘Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR: A Workshop for Early Career Researchers’ take place…
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Registration for the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition Open
The Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition is a Europe-wide moot court competition dedicated to the European Convention on Human Rights. It was founded in 2012 by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) and the Council of Europe. The Competition was named after the first female…