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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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Summer School on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
For the third consecutive year, the University of Liverpool is organising a summer school on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights. This year’s summer school entitled ‘Effectiveness of the Council of Europe in Tackling the Pressing Challenges:…
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Reflections on the Court’s Key Case Law of 2024: Part II
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog Key cases are cases accorded the highest level of importance by the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’). This blog post provides some general reflections on the Court’s key case…
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The Court’s Key Cases in 2024: Part I
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog As 2024 has come to an end, the European Court of Human Rights’ (‘the Court’) final selection of key cases for the past year has been published. Among the Court’s four…
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Welcoming Dr. Jasmine Sommardal as Associate Editor
We are very pleased to announce that the editorial team of our blog will be expanded. As of this week, Dr. Jasmine Sommardal is joining us as associate editor. Jasmine Sommardal completed her PhD at the European University Institute on the topic…
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Webinar: KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland: what happens next?
On 22 January 2025, the London School of Economics and Political Science is hosting a webinar ‘KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland: what happens next? Exploring the pathways to implementation and compliance‘. Here is a brief description of the event: In April 2024, the European…
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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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Call for Papers: The Role of the Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights
On 5 and 6 June 2025, Lund University is hosting a workshop on The Role of the Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations under the European Convention on Human Right. Background Causation is widely applied in national law for…
