Month: April 2024
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New Book: ‘European Human Rights Grey Zones’
Andrew Forde (Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway) has just published a new book with Cambridge University Press entitled European Human Rights Grey Zones: The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict. The book explores the effectiveness of the Council of Europe’s human
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New Judges Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), elected three new judges to the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Ireland, Latvia, and Liechtenstein. In respect of Ireland, Úna Ní Raifeartaigh was elected. She is currently a judge of the
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Recording of Climate Cases Webinar
A recording of the webinar of 19 April 2024, ‘Climate Change in Strasbourg: the recent cases at the European Court of Human Rights’, co-organised by this ECHR Blog and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), is now available here for those who missed it or
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New Session of MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 4 May
On 4 May 2024 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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ECHR Blog Special Webinar: Climate Change in Strasbourg
On Friday 19 April (15h00 to 16h30 CET), the ECHR Blog and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) are co-organising a special webinar entitled ‘Climate Change in Strasbourg: the recent cases at the European Court of Human Rights’. Last week, we already gave our first
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The Northern Ireland Amnesty Act under Scrutiny in Strasbourg
By Matilda Radoš* On 17 January 2024, Ireland submitted a new inter-state application (no. 1859/24) against the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights under Article 33 ECHR. The case concerns the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, adopted by the
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Danileţ v. Romania: A Plea for Judges’ Freedom of Expression
by Dragoș Călin, Judge and co-president of the Romanian Judges’ Forum Association Introduction In the case no.16915/21, Danileţ v. Romania, the European Court of Human Rights held on February 20, 2024, by a majority (four votes to three), that there had been a
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Climate Cases Decided Today: Small Step or Huge Leap?
by Antoine Buyse and Kushtrim Istrefi This morning, the European Court of Human Rights issued its Grand Chamber decisions and judgment in three keenly awaited climate change cases. Two cases were declared inadmissible, but the Swiss grandmothers (Klimaseniorinnen) won their case in two crucial respects:
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Webinar on ECtHR’s Judgments in Climate Change Cases
On Friday 12 April 13:00 CET the University of Lausanne is organizing a reaction webinar on the ECtHR’s first judgments on climate change. In the webinar, scholars and practitioners will offer their reactions and preliminary assessments of the decisions, to be delivered by the Grand
