Conference on ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience

On 6 and 7 November 2025, Katja
Ziegler, Ed Bates, Amal Sethi (CELI – Centre for European Law and
Internationalisation) and Julinda
Beqiraj (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) are organising an event on the ‘ECHR and
Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating
Constitutional Resilience’. The event will take place at the BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative
Law) in
London.

The event, organised by CELI in
cooperation with the Bingham Centre, will coincide with two anniversaries: the
75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th
anniversary of the Venice Commission.

Day One (6 November) will
feature invited speakers, including current and former judges of the European
Court of Human Rights, reflecting on the impact of the ECHR and the Venice
Commission in the UK and Europe, including on the UK’s constitutional framework
and the UK’s role in European human rights protection, and how a multi-layered
protection of human rights may contribute to overall constitutional resilience.
(Registration here – draft programme, here).

Day Two (7 November) will adopt
an academic format featuring thematic panels and research presentations,
expanding the discussion through comparative perspectives on constitutional
resilience and multi-layered rights protection. Abstract submissions  that
engage with the theme of constitutional resilience in the context of
multi-layered human rights protection were collected for this day of the
conference through a call for papers. (Registration here – draft programme, here).

Registration is now open to attend either
or both days.

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