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Workshop on Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
The University of Lund and Utrecht University are organising a workshop entitled Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights. It will take place in Lund on 4 and 5 June 2026. Aim and…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 9 September 2025
On 9 September 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 ECHR’ is taught…
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New Book on the ECHR and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Wiebe Hommes (University of Amsterdam) has just published a new book entitled ‘The Convention and the Kingdom: How the Netherlands Received the European Convention on Human Rights’. The book focuses on the development of the Convention throughout Europe and the way it was…
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Workshop: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other Human Rights Systems
On 15 and 16 December 2025, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne is organizing a workshop for early career researchers. The workshop is entitled ‘Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International…
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New Book on Hate Speech and the ECHR
Natalie Alkiviadou, of Vanderbilt University, has published a new book entitled ‘Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights’ with Routledge Publishing. It focuses on the cal-law of the Court related to the limits of freedom of expressions in cases of…
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Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia – A Tour de Force in Applying the Convention as Part of International Law
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog On 9 July 2025, the Court delivered its long-awaited merits judgment in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia. The case arose from four inter-state applications and concerns grave allegations…
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How can Early Career Researchers Shape the Law of the ECHR? Some Reflections from the Inaugural Workshop on Writing and Publishing in that Field
* By Matthias Hermes, Reza Khabook, Frederic Kupsch, Angelika Nußberger and Nikos Vogiatzis In February 2024, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne and Essex Law School, University of Essex jointly organised and funded a workshop titled “Writing and…
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Inadmissibility Decision in S.S. and Others v. Italy: A Missed Opportunity in Migration Control Externalization
By Dr. Lena Riemer, LLM (Yale), Assistant Professor of Law at Central European University In November 2017, a CNN investigation sent shock waves through global media: African migrants were sold in “slave markets” in Libya, sparking global outrage and renewed attention to…
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New Book on Superior Courts Network
The Council of Europe has just published an edited volume entitled The Superior Courts Network – A Community of Practice in the Service of Justice. The compilation includes contributions by former judges of the European Court of Human Rights as well as judges…
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Not Vulnerable Enough, not Assimilable Enough: Promising Victimhood in Latvia and Lithuania’s ECtHR Pushback Arguments
By Maria Gevorgyan, Central European University In recent years, pushbacks, the practice of forcibly returning asylum seekers without access to legal procedures, have become a central issue in European border politics. On 12 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights…
