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Podcast on the Importance of the Court
The House of Wisdom Podcast has just released the episode Does the European Court of Human Rights Matter? In the episode, Dr. Rumyana van Ark (Researcher in (Counter-)Terrorism and Human Rights at the Asser Institute) discusses the importance of the European Court of Human…
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New Book on Litigation about Religion and the ECHR
Lisa Harms of the University of Münster has published the monograph Faith in Courts. Human Rights Advocacy and the Transnational Regulation of Religion with Hart Publishing. It is available as an ebook. This is the abstract: ‘The judicialisation of religious freedom conflicts is long recognised. But…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The newest issue of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (vol. 3, issue 4). The issue contains an editorial note, two guest editorials, two research articles and a case note. The contributions discuss such topics as the impact of the…
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New Handbook on ECHR Law and Principles
Carla Buckley, Krešimir Kamber, Pamela McCormick and David Harris have just published a new handbook for university students as well as legal practitioners, entitled The European Convention on Human Rights – Principles and Law. Here is a brief summary: ‘The European Convention on Human…
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Secretary General’s Article 52 ECHR Report on Poland
Earlier this week, the Council of Europe’s Secretary, Marija Pejčinović Burić, published her report on Poland’s (non-)implementation of a number of key judgments of the Court on the right to a fair trial in Poland, part of the wider debates about the rule…
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Call for Contributions: European Yearbook on Human Rights 2023
The European Yearbook on Human Rights has issued a call for contributions for its 2023 issue. The 2023 issue has a special focus on ‘Rethinking Human Rights’. The Yearbook publishes mostly about the European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of…
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New Book on Cyprus at the European Court of Human Rights
Costas Paraskeva and Eleni Meleagrou have published a new book entitled Cyprus at the European Court of Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal of the Court’s Jurisprudence on the Rights to Property and Home in the Context of Displacement (with Brill | Nijhoff).…
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Interview with Robert Spano on the UK and the ECtHR
Legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg recently interviewed the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, Robert Spano. In the interview for the BBC, Robert Spano talks about the relationship between the Court and the United Kingdom, the UK Bill of Rights…
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New Book on Human Rights Disputes in Sport before the ECtHR
Daniel Rietiker (senior lawyer at the ECtHR) has just published a new book entitled Defending athletes, players, clubs and fans: Manual for human rights education and litigation in sport, in particular before the European Court of Human Rights. Here is a brief summary:…
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Call for Abstracts on Populism, Authoritarianism and the ECtHR
The PluriCourts Centre at the University of Oslo has issued a call for abstracts. It relates to an upcoming workshop with the title ‘The European Court of Human Rights Facing Populism and Authoritarianism: Time for System Change?’ which will take place on…
