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New Edition of ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights’
Fiona de Londras (University of Birmingham) and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) have just published the second edition of their book entitled ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights‘. Here is the description: ‘The 2nd edition of Great Debates on the…
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New Edition of Frowein and Peukert ECHR Handbook
The newest, fourth edition of one of the key classic handbooks on the ECHR in the German language has been published: Frowein / Peukert, EMRK-Kommentar at N.P. Engel Verlag. In the spirit of its original authors, Jochen Abr. Frowein und Wolfgang Peukert, a…
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FRA Note on EU Accession to ECHR
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union has just published a note with questions and answers about the accession of the EU to the ECHR. More information from the Council of Europe on the process and its history, including the…
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Learning from Inadmissibility: The Latest on Climate Change in Fliegenschnee
On 11 December 2025, the Court published its most recent climate ruling: the Fourth Section’s unanimous decision in Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria. This is the latest in the Court’s mounting number of inadmissible climate cases – after Plan B. Earth, Metabody,…
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An Exceptional Ministerial Conference on the ECHR and ‘Migration Challenges’
An informal ministerial conference took place in Strasbourg on human rights day, 10 December 2025. As is explained in more detail below, this exceptional gathering was prompted by a letter of nine ECHR states of about seven months earlier. The ministerial conference…
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Webinar on the Rule of Law Crisis in Poland and the ECHR
On Monday 15 December from 17:30-19:00 (CET), the Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic of the Central European University (CEU) and the Review of Democracy (RevDem) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘Two Years after Walesa v Poland – Restoring the Rule of…
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Workshop on ECHR and Sport
On 16 and 17 April 2026, the International Law and Human Rights Unit of the University of Liverpool is organizing a workshop entitled ‘Impact of Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts on Lex Sportiva’. The workshop will focus on the impact of the judgments…
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New Session of the MOOC on the ECHR Starts Again on 15 December
In two weeks, on 15 December 2025, Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the…
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Lize Glas and Corina Heri Join as ECHR Blog Editors
It is our great pleasure to expand the team of the ECHR Blog with two new editors: Lize Glas and Corina Heri. With the ever-evolving developments, both in practice, in case-law and academia, around the European Convention of Human Rights, it is wonderful…
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EIN-DRI 2025 Rule of Law Report Launch
Tomorrow, 25 November from 16:30-18:00 CET, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and Democracy Reporting International (DRI) will launch the new 2025 edition of the report ‘Justice Delayed, Justice Denied – The non-implementation of European Courts’ Judgments and the Rule of Law in…
