Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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New Book on Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 ECHR
Natasa Mavronicola (University of Birmingham) has published the new book Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR. Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs with Hart Legal Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This book theorises and concretises the idea of ‘absolute…
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Guest Post: VCL & AN v UK – Prosecution of Trafficking Victims Breaches Article 4 ECHR
by: Colin Gregory (University of Leeds) Introduction On 16 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) assessed for the first time the prosecution of trafficking victims under Article 4 of the European Convention (ECHR), in VCL and AN v United…
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New Reports and Guides on Case-Law
A number of guides and reports on its case-law, have been published by the Court on its website. They include the following, partly entirely new, partly recently updated versions of existing documents: A new research report, entitled ‘Military operations overseas: state jurisdiction,…
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ECtHR Implementation Trainings
As announced earlier, the European Implementation Network (EIN) is organising a number of country-specific training sessions on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The first upcoming one focuses on Moldova and take place on 25 and 26…
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ECHR Massive Open Online Course Starts Again on 10 February
With ongoing lockdowns in much of the world due to the pandemic and much teaching still continuing online, our free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again on Wednesday 10 Februari 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll,…
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CDDH Report on ECHR in European and International Legal Order
Recently, the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) has published a new report. It was written at the request of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and adopted already in 2019, but only published at the end of last…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic publications from the last few months, related to the European Court of Human Rights, the Convention and other directly related topics:· The latest volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 2020)…
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Training on ECtHR Judgments Implementation in Russia
As part of a series of trainings, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) have issued a call for applications (in Russian here) by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), human rights defenders and human rights lawyers to participate in a training…
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Online ERA Course on ECHR: Human Rights in Times of Emergency
The European Law Academy (ERA) is organising one of its famous courses for professionals online on the theme of ‘Human Rights in Times of Emergency‘ on 28 and 29 January. The course will go into ‘current challenges posed by COVID-19 to individual…
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Guest Post on Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland: Breach of Domestic Law on Judicial Appointments Violated the Right to a Fair Trial
By Ketevan Kukava, head of Rule of Law and Human Rights Direction, IDFI Facts of the Case The case of Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland, decided on 1 December 2020, provided the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) with…