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New Issue European Human Rights Law Review
The European Human Rights Law Review has just published a new issue (Issue 6, 2024). The issue contains one editorial, three research articles, three case comments and one book review. The articles focus on the topics of the construction of border walls…
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Conference on the ECtHR and Democracy Promotion
On 5 and 6 December this year, Mikael Rask Madsen (director of iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen) and Cormac Mac Amhlaigh (Law School of the University of Edinburgh) are organizing a two-day workshop entitled ‘‘Taking Ambivalence Seriously’: The European Court of Human…
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New Book on the ECHR and Private Law
Mateja Durovic (King’s College London, UK) and Cristina Poncibò (University of Turin, Italy) (editors) have just published a new edited book entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights and Private Law: Comparative Perspectives from South-Eastern Europe‘. The edited book contains various contributions adressing…
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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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Event Marking the 25th Anniversary of CoE Human Rights Commissioner
On 21 November, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner of Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty is convening a high-level event to mark the 25th anniversary of the institution, entitled ‘25th Anniversary of the Commissioner for Human Rights: Facing the future with confidence, building on…
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Conference on the Council of Europe after 75 Years
On 5 and 6 December 2024, the Grenoble Alpes University is organizing a conference entitled ‘The Council of Europe: How to move forward after 75 years? The past, present and future of an international organization in its seventies’. During the conference various…
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New Book: ‘The Transformation of European Climate Litigation’
Maxim Bönnemann (Senior Editor at Verfassungsblog and Rapporteur for Germany at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law) & Maria Antonia Tigre (Director of Global Climate Change Litigation at the Sabin Center at Columbia Law School) have published a new edited ebook…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 2 November
On 2 November 2024 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 the…
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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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Call for Papers: The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR)
The European Yearbook on Human Rights (EYHR) invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the interconnected legacies of three pivotal moments in European history: the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki…