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New Book on the European Court and its Two Regional Siblings
Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen of the Sorbonne University in France has published an English-language version of her earlier comparative work in French on the three regional human rights courts. The book, entitled The 3 Regional Human Rights Courts in Context – Justice That Cannot…
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Up in the Trees – Interim Measures and Environmental Protesters
A rather unusual request to Strasbourg: earlier this week, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a request for interim measures by a group of environmental protesters in France. The protesting people, known as écureuils (squirrels), have been up, at a height…
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Call for Abstracts Workshop 75 Years Council of Europe
The University of Grenoble-Alpes is organising the workshop ‘The Council of Europe: How to move forward after 75 years? The past, present and future of an international organisation in its seventies’ in December 2024, with Anca Ailinca as convener. It has issued a call…
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Research Event on Subsidiarity and Human Rights in the EU and the ECtHR
On Tuesday 19 March 2024 from 16:00 to 17:30 CET, the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is hosting a research event entitled ‘The soul of Europe in the balance? Subsidiarity and human rights in the EU and the ECHR‘. The research…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our newest selection of academic publications covering the ECHR and the European Court of Human Rights. Enjoy reading! * Ryan Goss, ‘The Disappearing ‘Minimum Rights’ of Article 6 ECHR: the Unfortunate Legacy of Ibrahim and Beuze’, Human Rights Law…
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Conference: Activating the Protection of Fundamental and Human Rights at European Level
On Thursday 7 March and Friday 8 March 2024, the Law Department of the College of Europe and the Institute for European Law of KU Leuven/RESHUFFLE project are organizing a high-level conference entitled ‘Activating the Protection of Fundamental and Human Rights at…
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Book Launch: Positive Obligations under the ECHR
On Wednesday 21 February 2024, from 17:30 to 19:00 CET, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights of Oxford University is hosting a book launch for the new book ‘Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights‘, authored by Vladislava Stoyanova (Associate Professor…
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Three New Judges and Commissioner Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) had a busy week in many respects, including in terms of elections. No less than three new judges were elected to the European Court of Human Rights. In addition, a new Commissioner…
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Annual Press Conference of the Court’s President
On Thursday 25 January 2024, the President of the ECtHR Síofra O’Leary held a press conference during which the results of the Court’s activities and statistics for the year 2023 were presented. President O’Leary began the conference by stating that in the year…
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Updated Rules of Court on Recusal of Judges
Yesterday, 22 January, the newest version of the Rules of Court entered into force. Decided by the Plenary of the Court in December, they are part of a series of internal procedural reforms, also related to the Rules of Court, as we reported earlier here. The…
