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Execution of Judgments Factsheets
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published two new factsheets this month on its website. The first relates to Pilot Judgments, The second to Excessive Length of Proceedings. Apart from specific information introducing…
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From Supervision to Interpretation: Could Cyprus v. Turkey Become the First Practical Use of Article 46 § 3 ECHR?
At its June 2026 Human Rights meeting, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe took a potentially historic step in the supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The Committee decided to prepare…
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Call for papers: International cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights
The University of Liverpool is organising a two-day conference on “International cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights”, to be held in Liverpool on 15-16 October 2026. The conference will facilitate a dialogue of scholars and practicing experts from the European…
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New Podcast on Intersectionality and the ECHR
In November last year, we posted about a new edited book entitled ‘‘Intersectionality and Human Rights: Reimagining European Court of Human Rights Judgments‘. The book was published by Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
A new double issue of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (Vol. 7, Issue 1-2). This issue is a special issue edited by Andreas Follesdal, Jan Petrov, and Alain Zysset. The special issue focuses on the role of the ECHR…
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New Book on Pensions as Property and the ECHR
Kevin Hartmann-Cortés (UCLouvain, Belgium) has just published a new book entitled ‘Pensions as Property: Insights from the European Convention on Human Rights‘. This is the abstract: ‘This book explores the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when defining and…
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New Case-Law Guide on Business and Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has just published its new case-law guide on business and human rights. This case-law guide compiles and analyses a lot of cases on different Convention Articles relevant in the business context. Here is a very brief…
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New Book on the Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe
Angelika Nußberger, Cathérine Van de Graaf and Yannick Schoog (all at the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne) have just published a new edited book entitled ‘The Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe‘. This is the…
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Open-Minded or Open-Ended? The Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and Migration
On 15 May, the 46 Council of Europe states adopted the Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and migration. The Declaration, which follows several extraordinary meetings of the Steering Committee on Human Rights, does not echo the express criticism of the ECtHR’s case law contained in the Letter…
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Academic events on the Chișinău Declaration
With the Council of Europe Member States having begun their Ministerial Conference in Chișinău (which will take place on 14-15 May 2026, with a press conference scheduled for 13h CET on 15 May), and with the adoption of the Chișinău Declaration on…
