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Country Factsheets on the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Recently, the Committee of Ministers’ Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights launched a dedicated webpage which gives a country-by-country overview by way of factsheets on each state party to the ECHR. Each factsheet gives an…
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Aliens before the European Court of Human Rights
David Moya and Georgios Milios have edited a volume titled Aliens before the European Court of Human Rights: Ensuring Minimum Standards of Human Rights Protection (Brill). The book is geared towards all those interested in migration and asylum law and the case-law…
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Summer School: ECHR in Times of Crises
From 5 to 10 September 2021, TU Dresden and Leipzig University are organising a summer school ‘Human Rights in Theory and Practice: The European Convention on Human Rights in Times of Crises’. The summer school will take place both online and in…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new batch of articles and other publications related to the ECHR and the Court: * Medes Malaihollo, ‘Due Diligence in International Environmental Law and International Human Rights Law: A Comparative Legal Study of the Nationally Determined Contributions under…
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New Factsheet on Conditions of Detention under the ECHR
The Council of Europe Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has issued a new thematic factsheet on the execution of the Court judgments concerning conditions of detention and prohibition of torture. Here is a…
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Davor Derenčinović Elected New Judge in Respect of Croatia
On 22 June, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Davor Derenčinović as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Croatia. His term of of office of nine years will commence on 2 January 2022. Derenčinović…
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Webinar on Evidence and Proof in ECtHR Proceedings
On 5 July, The DISSECT research project led by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour (Ghent University) is organising a webinar on ‘Evidence and Proof in Proceedings Before the European Court of Human Rights.’ The DISSECT project, more widely, looks at evidence in international human rights…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – A Protocol for the Ostriches? Civil Society Perspectives
Başak Çalı, Hertie School Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights, a culmination of the UK Government’s contribution to the process of reform of the European Court of Human Rights during its Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – What Implications for Applicants’ Right of Access to the European Court?
Philip Leach, European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Middlesex University More than eight years after it was adopted, Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights will come into force in August this year, following the final state ratification, by Italy, in April. This short…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – The Court: Criteria for Office and Relinquishment
Lize R. Glas, Faculty of Law, Radboud University In this blog post, I will discuss two amendments that Protocol 15 will bring. These two amendments concern the criteria for office, more specifically the age limit of candidates for office, and the…