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Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to the ECtHR, who will serve a nine-year term (Article 23(1) ECHR): Nicholas Emiliou in respect of Cyprus and Corinna Wissels in respect of the Netherlands. Nicholas Emiliou,…

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An informal ministerial conference took place in Strasbourg on human rights day, 10 December 2025. As is explained in more detail below, this exceptional gathering was prompted by a letter of nine ECHR states of about seven months earlier. The ministerial conference…

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