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E.A. v. France: Judicial revictimisation of a survivor of sadistic sexual harassment at work. Ignoring a coercive control context to impute ‘consent’ to the victim
By Margarita S. Ilieva Introduction On 4 September 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) rendered a landmark judgment in E.A. and Association européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes au travail v. France. For the first time, the Court:…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR
This week a new session of Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR started! It is still possible to enroll. To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An…
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New Book on Property under the ECHR
Henrik Jorem has published the new book The Development of the Right to Property in the European Convention on Human Rights with Brill. It deals not only with the evolving case-law on Article 1 of Protocol 1, but also places this in wider…
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New Book on the Regional Human Rights Courts, Including the ECtHR
Ahmed Almutawa (Durham University) and Konstantinos D. Magliveras (University of the Aegean) have just pubslished a new edited book entitled ‘A Comparison of the European, Inter-American, African and Arab Human Rights Courts: Institutional Aspects‘. The book offers a comparative analysis of the…
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Launch of ECHR AGORA
We reported on the online event on the ECHR and the Age of Backlash earlier this week here. That event will also serve as the launch of the new European platform AGORA, initiated by Andrew Forde and supported by this blog’s editors…
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New Book on Child Protection and the ECHR
Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes and Siri Gloppen of the University of Bergen have just published a new edited book entitled ‘Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights‘. The…
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Online Event ‘The Age of Backlash: the ECHR and the New Political Reality’
On 30 October from 13:00-14:30 CET, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) of the Dublin City University (DCI) is organizing an online event entitled ‘The Age of Backlash: the European Convention on Human Rights and the New Political Reality‘. This event will…
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Webinar on the Role of the CoE in Armed Conflicts
On 24 October 2025 from 12:00-13:30 CET, the Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe (CURE) is organizing a webinar entitled ‘Work on Conflicts: Is There a Space for the Council of Europe?’. The webinar will explore the question of what role the…
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Conference on ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience
On 6 and 7 November 2025, Katja Ziegler, Ed Bates, Amal Sethi (CELI – Centre for European Law and Internationalisation) and Julinda Beqiraj (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) are organising an event on the ‘ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and…
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Workshop: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International Human Rights Systems
On 15 and 16 December 2025, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne is organising a workshop for early-career researchers. The workshop is entitled ‘Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International Human…