Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Practical Guide to Article 6 ECHR – The Right to a Fair Trial
Päivi Hirvelä and Satu Heikkila have published a new book on what is one of the European Convention’s key rights, with a case-law whose volume is hard to keep up with: Article 6 ECHR. The book, published with Intersentia, is entitled Right to…
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Information Hub on ECHR Implementation for NHRIs
ENNHRI, The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, has this week launched a dedicated information hub on its website on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Although geared towards NHRIs, the information is of much wider interest and of use…
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Online ERA Seminar on the Newest ECtHR Freedom of Expression Case-law
On 27 and 28 May, the European Law Academy (ERA) is organising another of its online seminars for legal practitioners on the newest case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on freedom of expression. A great opportunity to hear about the…
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New Book on The Court – Current Challenges in Historical Perspective
Helmut Philipp Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) and Esra Demir-Gürsel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) have co-edited a new book entitled The European Court of Human Rights – Current Challenges in Historical Perspective, with Edward Elgar Publishers. It is a collection of contributions from a…
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Workshop on the Execution of the Court’s Judgments
In the context of the German Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School and Middlesex University, are organising a workshop this Friday…
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Two New EIN Publications for NGOs on ECtHR Judgment Implementation
The European Implementation Network (EIN) this month published two new documents aimed at aiding civil society organisations to further the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The first relates to the creation of so-called national Implementation Hubs, in…
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Frédéric Krenc Elected New Judge in Respect of Belgium
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected Frédéric Krenc as the new judge in respect of Belgium. Mr Krencs was elected by absolute majority, right away in the first round, receiving 148 of 262 votes. Mr Krenc is…
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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 4 May
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again on 4 May 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the…
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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 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…