Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Execution of Judgments Factsheets
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published two new factsheets this month on its website. The first relates to Pilot Judgments, The second to Excessive Length of Proceedings. Apart from specific information introducing…
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Open-Minded or Open-Ended? The Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and Migration
On 15 May, the 46 Council of Europe states adopted the Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and migration. The Declaration, which follows several extraordinary meetings of the Steering Committee on Human Rights, does not echo the express criticism of the ECtHR’s case law contained in the Letter…
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Podcast on Migration and the ECtHR
The newest episode on the European Law-oriented podcast Europa Felix is dedicated to the current discussions around the European Court of Human Rights and migration. Its host, Felix Ronkes Agerbeek, interviews researcher Eva Sevrin (universities of Ghent and Leuven) on what the…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our new selection of academic publications about the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court. Enjoy reading! ‘The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has played a crucial role in advancing transgender rights in Europe over the past…
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New Judgment Implementation Report
With so much attention going to the much debated and upcoming Chișinău Declaration, also on our blog, attention has been less on the ongoing routines of the ECHR system. In that context, the Committee of Ministers recently published its Annual Report on…
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New Book on EU Fundamental Rights in ECtHR Case-Law
Victor David (KU Leuven) has published the book EU Fundamental Rights as a Special Source for the European Court of Human Rights. Doing the opposite of many studies in this field, it looks at the influence of EU fundamental rights law on…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our newest selection of academic readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Tobias Mortier, ‘The four horsemen of illegitimacy? Unveiling the ECtHR’s interpretation of its legitimate aim requirement through a comparative categorization of…
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The Court’s Annual Report and Opening of the Judicial Year
At the end of January, The European Court of Human Rights organised its opening of the judicial year and published its annual report. At the formal opening, the President of the Court, Mattias Guyomar, in his speech called for judicial unity and solidarity…
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Our Public Resource on the Convention’s Future
As ECHR Blog editorial team, we have created a dedicated page, entitled ‘Future of the Convention‘, on which we keep track of the debates about the future of the Court and the Convention which started with the open letter of nine heads…
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New Edition ECHR Teaching Resources
The Council of Europe has just published the newest, 2026 edition of The European Convention on Human Rights in practice – Teaching Resources. This open access online booklet is geared towards teachers, assumedly in secondary education (but also useful potentially for non-law students…