-
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…
-
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…
-
Public Conference on the ECtHR’s Knowledge Sharing Platform
On 27 February 2025, a public conference will be organized on the Court’s Knowledge Sharing Platform (ECHR-KS). This conference will be part of an event to launch the new language versions of the platform (Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian). During the conference speakers…
-
New Book on Russia and the CoE
Ed Bates (University of Leicester), Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) and Andrew Forde (Dublin City University) have just published their new book entitled ‘Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights: A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy‘. The…
-
New Book on Legal Services and the ECHR
Justin Krahé (PhD from Heidelberg University) has just published a monograph entitled ‘Legal Services and the European Convention on Human Rights: Securing Private Rights and Public Interests‘. The monograph focuses on the question of how the ECtHR deals with the interplay between…
-
New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 11 February
On 11 February 2025 Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! Registration is open now. To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into…
-
A Landmark Judgment: Three Crucial Aspects of Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog On 30 January 2025, the Court delivered a long-awaited judgment in the case of Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy (earlier known as Di Caprio and Others v. Italy). This case…
-
Conference on the Role of the CoE in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice and Accountability
On 27 February 2025, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) of Dublin City University is organizing a high-level conference to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conference will focus on the role of the Council of Europe…
-
Podcast Episode on Russia and the CoE
This week the Council of Europe’s OCEAN network released a new podcast episode about the relations between Russia and the Council of Europe and Russia’s ultimate expulsion from the Council of Europe. In the episode, recorded at the University of Liverpool, Kanstantsin…
-
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…
