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New Book on Hate Speech and the ECHR
Natalie Alkiviadou, of Vanderbilt University, has published a new book entitled ‘Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights’ with Routledge Publishing. It focuses on the cal-law of the Court related to the limits of freedom of expressions in cases of…
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Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia – A Tour de Force in Applying the Convention as Part of International Law
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog On 9 July 2025, the Court delivered its long-awaited merits judgment in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia. The case arose from four inter-state applications and concerns grave allegations…
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How can Early Career Researchers Shape the Law of the ECHR? Some Reflections from the Inaugural Workshop on Writing and Publishing in that Field
* By Matthias Hermes, Reza Khabook, Frederic Kupsch, Angelika Nußberger and Nikos Vogiatzis In February 2024, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne and Essex Law School, University of Essex jointly organised and funded a workshop titled “Writing and…
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Inadmissibility Decision in S.S. and Others v. Italy: A Missed Opportunity in Migration Control Externalization
By Dr. Lena Riemer, LLM (Yale), Assistant Professor of Law at Central European University In November 2017, a CNN investigation sent shock waves through global media: African migrants were sold in “slave markets” in Libya, sparking global outrage and renewed attention to…
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New Book on Superior Courts Network
The Council of Europe has just published an edited volume entitled The Superior Courts Network – A Community of Practice in the Service of Justice. The compilation includes contributions by former judges of the European Court of Human Rights as well as judges…
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Not Vulnerable Enough, not Assimilable Enough: Promising Victimhood in Latvia and Lithuania’s ECtHR Pushback Arguments
By Maria Gevorgyan, Central European University In recent years, pushbacks, the practice of forcibly returning asylum seekers without access to legal procedures, have become a central issue in European border politics. On 12 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights…
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A Media Psychological Analysis of the Open Letter of Nine European States on the ECHR
On May 22nd 2025 nine representatives of European countries have co-signed an open letter in which they are arguing that the current interpretation of the European Convention of Human Rights is preventing nation states from being able to autonomously decide how to…
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ECHR Developments on Gender-Based Violence Part II: The Autonomous and Proactive Risk Assessment in N.D. v. Switzerland
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog Over the recent months, the ECtHR has delivered significant judgments concerning gender-based violence. In this post, I argue that N.D. v. Switzerland is notable for its application of the requirement of…
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ECHR Developments on Gender-Based Violence Part I: Secondary Victimisation, Discrimination, and Minors’ Consent
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog In 2025, the ECtHR has delivered significant judgments concerning gender-based violence. This post provides some reflections on X v. Cyprus of 27 February 2025, I.C. v. Moldova of 27 February 2025,…
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New Book on International Cooperation and the ECHR
Prisca Feihle of the Free University Berlin has just published a new monograph entitled ‘An International Human Rights Law of Cooperation. International Cooperation, State Responsibility and the European Convention on Human Rights‘ with Edward Elgar Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This incisive…
