Month: January 2025
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Conference on the Role of the CoE in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice and Accountability
On 27 February 2025, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) of Dublin City University is organizing a high-level conference to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conference will focus on the role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit
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Podcast Episode on Russia and the CoE
This week the Council of Europe’s OCEAN network released a new podcast episode about the relations between Russia and the Council of Europe and Russia’s ultimate expulsion from the Council of Europe. In the episode, recorded at the University of Liverpool, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of
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Three New Judges Elected
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected three new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights. The new judge in respect of Slovenia will be Vasilka Sancin. In addition to being a renowned academic, as professor of international
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Court Creates Internal Ethics Council
It was announced today that the European Court of Human Rights will create an Ethics Council to advise the Court’s President on questions of judicial ethics. The Court explains this as another step in showing its commitment to judicial ethics. More concretely to guarantee that
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Summer School on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
For the third consecutive year, the University of Liverpool is organising a summer school on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights. This year’s summer school entitled ‘Effectiveness of the Council of Europe in Tackling the Pressing Challenges: Exploring the Execution
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Reflections on the Court’s Key Case Law of 2024: Part II
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog Key cases are cases accorded the highest level of importance by the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’). This blog post provides some general reflections on the Court’s key case law of 2024,
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The Court’s Key Cases in 2024: Part I
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog As 2024 has come to an end, the European Court of Human Rights’ (‘the Court’) final selection of key cases for the past year has been published. Among the Court’s four categories of cases,
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Welcoming Dr. Jasmine Sommardal as Associate Editor
We are very pleased to announce that the editorial team of our blog will be expanded. As of this week, Dr. Jasmine Sommardal is joining us as associate editor. Jasmine Sommardal completed her PhD at the European University Institute on the topic ‘National Security and
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Webinar: KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland: what happens next?
On 22 January 2025, the London School of Economics and Political Science is hosting a webinar ‘KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland: what happens next? Exploring the pathways to implementation and compliance‘. Here is a brief description of the event: In April 2024, the European Court of Human
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75 Years ECHR and its Impact
As we enter the year in which the European Convention on Human Rights will turn 75 (in November) the Council of Europe has updated and expanded its dedicated website on how the ECHR has impacted law, policy and practice across Europe. These special webpages (launched