Full Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective at Utrecht University.
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Book on Domestic Abuse and the ECtHR
It’s been out for a couple of months, but still important to highlight: Ronagh McQuigg of Queen’s University Belfast has published the book ‘Domestic Abuse and the European Court of Human Rights‘ with Routledge Publishing. This is the abstract: ‘This book provides a…
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Conference on ECHR as Living Instrument
The University of Strasbourg, the Fondation René Cassin and the European Court of Human Rights are co-organising an international conference in their home city on 14 March. The conference is entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights as a Living Instrument’. This…
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Three New Judges Elected
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected three new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights. The new judge in respect of Slovenia will be Vasilka Sancin. In addition to being a renowned academic, as…
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Court Creates Internal Ethics Council
It was announced today that the European Court of Human Rights will create an Ethics Council to advise the Court’s President on questions of judicial ethics. The Court explains this as another step in showing its commitment to judicial ethics. More concretely…
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75 Years ECHR and its Impact
As we enter the year in which the European Convention on Human Rights will turn 75 (in November) the Council of Europe has updated and expanded its dedicated website on how the ECHR has impacted law, policy and practice across Europe. These…
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New Book on the European Court and Constitutional Courts
Marco Simonelli, of the University of Barcelona, has published a monograph on one of the key interactions within the ECHR system: that between the European Court in Strasbourg and domestic constitutional courts. The book is entitled ‘The European Court of Human Rights…
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New Blog Year and New ECHR Readings
On behalf of the editorial team of the ECHR Blog a very happy new year to all our readers! We hope that this will be a good year for you personally and professionally. And let us for sure hope that human rights…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of recently published scholarship on the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court. Enjoy reading! * Andreas Hösli & Meret Rehmann, ‘Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland: the European Court of Human Rights’ Answer…
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New European Rule of Law Litigation Guide
The Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI) has published a practice-oriented guide, entitled ‘Navigating the Jurisdiction and Landmark Rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU: A Guide to Protecting the Rule of…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a selection of newly published academic readings related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court, of the last few month. Enjoy reading! * Rebecca Lawrence, ‘A Positive Right to Rehabilitation? An Examination of the ‘Principle of Rehabilitation’…