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New Book on the Freedom of Religion or Belief in the ECHR
Caroline K. Roberts (Oxford Brookes University) has just published a new book entitled Freedom of Religion or Belief in the European Convention on Human Rights: A Reappraisal. This is the abstract: ”The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Article…
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Launch of the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks Project
The Council of Europe has launched the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN) project. The aim of the initiative is to strengthen co-operation between the Council of Europe and European universities and research institutions, and to promote the Council of Europe…
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Changes to the Rules of Court, Including on Interim Measures
In the past few months, the Court has been initiating some changes to its Rules of Court. Several of the changes relate to both degrees of transparency: on the public character of documents (Rule 33 § 1 on this has been amended) and…
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New Online Course ‘Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’
The HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Programme of the Council of Europe has launched the free online course ‘Introduction to Human Rights Protection in Europe – The Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights‘. This six-hour…
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Webinar on the ECtHR and Domestic Case-law Application
On 4 December 2023 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET, the European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘The European Court of Human Rights and its case-law application at national…
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New Book on the ECtHR and the Norm against Torture
Ezgi Yildiz (California State University) has just published a new book entitled ‘Between Forbearance and Audacity: The European Court of Human Rights and the Norm against Torture‘. This is the abstract: ‘When international courts are given sweeping powers, why would they ever refuse…
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New Session of MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 2 November
In a week, on Thursday 2 November, 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…
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Systemic Problems Unveiled: The Yalcinkaya Case and the Demise of the Bylock Digital Evidence
By Dr. iur. Yasir Gökce The Turkish Government has declared the Gülen Movement a terrorist organization and blamed the Movement for orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt. To identify the members of this organization, the Government has controversially decided that any individual who downloaded…
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Intersectional Rewrites Project
An interesting project has been launched online this year, entitled Intersectional Rewrites: European Court of Human Rights Judgments Reimagined. Leading eventually both to a book as well as to a blog series (see the call for blog contributions below), this is the summary of…
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New Book on the ECHR and the Court in French
Frédéric Krenc, the judge at the European Court of Human Rights elected in respect of Belgium, has published a new book entitled ‘Une Convention et une Cour pour les droits fondamentaux, la démocratie et l’État de droit‘ [A Convention and a Court…
