Year: 2023
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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…
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New Textbook: Fundamental Rights, The European and International Dimension
A new textbook entitled Fundamental Rights: The European and International Dimension has been published, edited by our Utrecht University colleague Janneke Gerards. The textbook discusses the different European and International legal instruments that regulate the protection of fundamental rights in Europe, including the ECHR. It provides…
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Interdisciplinary Symposium on Climate Science, Human Rights Courts and the ECtHR
On Thursday 2 March 2023, Ghent University and Strasbourg University are organizing a symposium entitled ”Translating Climate Science for the Human Rights Court Room: An Interdisciplinary Encounter Between Science and Law”. The event will discuss climate change litigation, including litigation before the European Court of…
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New Book on Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court
Helena Wray (Associate Professor at the University of Exeter) has just published a new book entitled Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court: Family Matters? Here is a brief summary: ”How do courts reconcile protecting family life with immigration control in human rights…
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Hybrid Workshop on Russia and the Council of Europe
On 24 February 2023, Liverpool Law School is organizing a hybrid workshop entitled ”Russia and the Council of Europe: A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy”. Ed Bates, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Andrew Forde and Isabella Risini will be the speakers at the event. Here is a brief description of…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below the newest selection of academic publications related to the European Convention on Human Rights, its Court and case-law: * Alessio Sardo, ‘Hate Speech: A Pragmatic Assessment of the European Court of Human Rights’ Jurisprudence’, European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (29…