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PACE Meeting on Navalny, Covid-19 Vaccination, Election of ECtHR Judges and More
From 19-22 April 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will meet to discuss a number of urgent issues. The following items in the agenda are relevant for the the Convention system as a whole: – The arrest and…
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New Book on European Consensus between Strategy and Principle
Jens T. Theilen has published with Nomos a book titled European Consensus between Strategy and Principle: The Uses of Vertically Comparative Legal Reasoning in Regional Human Rights Adjudication. The book is open access and can be downloaded for free here. Here is…
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Webinar on the European Court of Human Rights: Navigating Turbulent Relationships with States
On 14 April 2021, the Garden Court North Chambers in association with the University of Manchester and the Accountability Unit are hosting a webinar on the European Court of Human Rights: Navigating Turbulent Relationships with States. Here is the description and programme…
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ESIL & iCourts Conference on the European Court of Human Rights
The interests groups on International Courts and Tribunals and International Human Rights Law of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) are co-organising with the iCourts Centre of Excellence at the University of Copenhagen the online conference ‘The Influence, Legacy and Future of…
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New Book on Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law
Triestino Mariniello (Liverpool John Moores University) has edited a book Judge Pinto de Albuquerque and the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Law, published with Brill | Nijhoff. This is the book abstract: ‘This is the first English written book that includes the…
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Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos on Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives
Iulia Motoc, Lubarda Branko, Maria Tsirli, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Robert Spano have co-edited a Liber Amicorum Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos Procès Équitable: Perspectives Régionales et Internationales/Fair Trial: Regional and International Perspectives, published with Anthemis. The book contains contributions in French and English. The abstract…
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New Book on Migration and the ECHR
Başak Çalı (Hertie School), Ledi Bianku (University of Strasbourg) and Iulia Motoc (European Court of Human Rights) have co-edited the new book Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights, published with Oxford University Press. A video of the online launch of…
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New Book on Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 ECHR
Natasa Mavronicola (University of Birmingham) has published the new book Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR. Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs with Hart Legal Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This book theorises and concretises the idea of ‘absolute…
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Guest Post: Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria – A guide to public statements degrading minorities
by Emma Várnagy (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) Introduction The Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria judgment, issued on 16 February 2021, concerns anti-Roma statements made by a politician in Bulgaria. Another judgment issued on the same day, Behar and Gutman v…
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Conference ECHR – Beyond a Treaty
On 27 May, Utrecht University is holding an online conference titled The European Convention on Human Rights: Beyond a Treaty. The conference explores the ECHR, beyond its formal treaty character, as an inspirational and aspirational source of human rights. Concerning the former,…
