Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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ECHR Continues to Apply for Russia Until 16 September 2022
The European Court has made public today its decision about the date until when the Russian Federation, after having been ousted from the Council of Europe last week, is bound by the ECHR: 16 September 2022. The decision, adopted by the plenary Court yesterday…
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The Court’s Case-Law Guides Virtually Complete
In the all upheaval of politics and war surrounding the ECHR system these weeks, other matters may be easily overlooked. For the accessibility and understanding of the enormous amount of Strasbourg jurisprudence, structural overviews are essential, even for specialists. For a long time, the Court’s own…
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Formal End of Russia’s Council of Europe Membership
The day has come: this morning, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has today formally decided that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the organisation. This happens after just over a quarter century of membership, since…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a selection of new ECHR-related readings of the past few months: * Jacob Mchangama, Natalie Alkiviadou, ‘Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Whatever Happened to the Right to Offend, Shock or Disturb?’, Human Rights Law Review, 2021,…
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Interim Measure for Russia’s Last Free Media: Novaya Gazeta
In a very exceptional move, yesterday – the very day the Russian Federation announced it would take steps to cease participation in the Council of Europe (see our post here) – the European Court of Human Rights announced it had earlier in the week issued the following to the…
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Ukraine, the Suspension of Russia in the CoE, and Infringement Proceedings in Turkish Kavala Case
As the very worrisome and sad events of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are rapidly and brutally unfolding this week, causing both human suffering and human rights violations, the very fabric of peace and the international rule of law in Europe seem to be deeply…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of ECHR-related publications of the last few months. More will follow in some of our subsequent posts. ● Başak Çalı and Esra Demir-Gürsel, ‘The Council of Europe’s Responses to the Decay of the Rule of Law…
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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 10 February
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again this week, on 10 February 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction…
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Online Seminar on the ECHR: Environmental Claims; Contemporary Issues
On Wednesday 9 February 2022,from 14h00 to 17h00 GMT, the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham is organising an online seminar on the ECHR. This is the announcement by the organisers: ‘The Seminar is being held in honour of…
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EIN Colloquium on Implementation of Judgments in French
On 18 February, the European Implementation Network (EIN) in Strasbourg is organising an in-person colloquium on how NGOs and NHRI can effectively participate in the supervision process of implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The event will take place…