Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at Utrecht University.
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New Thematic Factsheet on Execution of ECHR Judgments Concerning Life Imprisonment
The Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has issued a new thematic factsheet on the execution of ECHR judgments concerning life imprisonment. Here is a brief description: ”The European Court has noted…
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Event: ‘The Concept of Europe: Progress, Colonial Continuities, and the ECHR’
On 16 May from 13:00-14:00, the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation of the University of Leicester is organizing an online event entitled ”The concept of Europe: Progress, colonial continuities, and the European Convention on Human Rights”. During the event, Dr Jens…
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It Takes More than Two to Execute ECHR judgments
By Nikolaos Sitaropoulos* Introduction In early April this year the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers (CM) issued its 2022 Annual Report on the execution of ECHR judgments (the annual report). As usual, this report did not hit national or European media headlines,…
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Webinar on Better Cooperation within the Council of Europe Institutions
On 9 May, from 12:00-14:00 (CET) SWPS University, Riga Graduate School of Law and the University of Cologne are organizing a webinar on better cooperation within the Council of Europe Institutions. Professor Konstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool), Dr Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias (Institute of Legal Studies of…
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New Special Issue European Human Rights Law Review
A new Special Issue of the European Human Rights Law Review entitled ‘The Road to Reykjavik and Beyond’ has just been published (Issue 2, 2023). The contributions discuss various issues to be considered at the upcoming Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik…
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Workshop on Climate Change, Migration, Authoritarianism and the ECHR
On 16-17 November 2023, Başak Çalı, Esra Demir-Gürsel and Jens T. Theilen are organizing a workshop entitled ‘Frames of European Human Rights – How are climate change, migration, and authoritarianism framed within the Council of Europe?‘. The workshop is hosted by the Hertie School Centre…
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New Thematic Factsheet on Excessive Formalism by Courts
Today, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has issued a new thematic factsheet on excessive formalism by courts. Here is a brief description: ”The European Court has underlined that the right…
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2022 Report on Execution of ECtHR judgments
Last week, the latest Annual Report ‘Supervision of the Execution of Judgments and Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights‘ (covering the year 2022) of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers was published. The report outlines some important achievements: the…
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New Edition of ‘Law of the European Convention on Human Rights’
David Harris (Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham), Michael O’Boyle (Former Deputy Registrar at the European Court of Human Rights), Ed Bates (Associate Professor at the University of Leicester) and Carla M. Buckley (International Human Rights Lawyer) have just published the fifth edition…
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Webinar on Climate Change and the ECHR
On 23 March, Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is organizing a webinar entitled ‘The Climate Docket at the European Court of Human Rights‘. The webinar will discuss the cases on climate change currently pending before the European Court…