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New Book on Intersectionality and the ECHR
Today, Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at the University of London), Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei Len (Associate Professor at the Ohio State University) and Adam Weiss (Chief Programmes and Impact Officer, ClientEarth) published a new edited…
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Call to Sign an Open Letter Regarding the Future of the European Convention on Human Rights
In recent months, several Council of Europe member states have portrayed the ECHR and the ECtHR as obstacles to addressing migration issues in Europe. Some states have openly criticised the Court, while others have even suggested withdrawing from the Convention. It is…
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Call for Abstracts: Revisiting the ECHR
The Human Rights Research Group of the Leuven University’s Centre for Public Law has just launched a call for abstracts for a conference entitled ‘Revisiting the ECHR: A Closer Look at Calls for Change’. The impetus for the conference was the by…
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Online Event on the ECHR and Immigration Detention
On Wednesday 12 November 2025 from 16:00-17:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online event entitled ‘Immigration detention: Establishing clear boundaries in international human rights law‘. The event will focus on a discussion of the European Court…
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New Book: Companion to the ECHR
My fellow blog editor Kushtrim Istrefi, together with Zane Ratniece, and Krešimir Kamber, have just yesterday, on the 75th anniversary of the ECHR, published The Companion to the European Convention on Human Rights with Brill Publishers. The editors, in many years of…
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75 Years ECHR – Musings on a Birthday
Sometimes a photo can tell more than a thousand words: this black-and-white picture was taken exactly 75 years ago on 4 November 1950 in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. Thirteen states (of which one even no longer exists, the Saar, now part…
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Recording of Online Event on the ECHR in the Age of Backlash
A recording of the online inaugural event of the AGORA Group entitled ‘The Age of Backlash: The European Convention on Human Rights and the New Political Reality’ is now available for those who missed it or want to watch it again. This event…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below another new selection of recent academic publications on the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court. Enjoy reading! * Sebastián Alejandro Rey, ‘Advances and Setbacks in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights on Serious Violations of…
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Online Event on the ECHR and Armed Conflict
On Wednesday 19 November 2025 from 12:00-13:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online research event entitled ‘Human rights in armed conflict after the Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia judgment‘. This online event will focus on…
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Call for Papers: The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) 2026
The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) has just launched a Call for Papers for its 2026 edition on topical developments in the field of human rights in and beyond Europe. The year 2026 will mark the anniversary of the International Covenant…
