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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – Yesterday’s Solutions for Yesterday’s Problems?
Janneke Gerards, Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, Utrecht University Towards Protocol 15 About fifteen years ago, European fundamental rights scholars, judges and politicians were confronted with a new reality. Until then, most scholars had admired…
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Blog Symposium on Protocol 15 ECHR – Introduction
Antoine Buyse and Kushtrim Istrefi The wheels of international law often turn slowly. And so do negotiations leading to treaties or amendments of those. But even once adopted, many years may pass before entry into force. The addition of Protocols to…
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Seminar on the Effective Implementation of the ECHR
On 15 June, PluriCourts at the University of Oslo and the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe will host a seminar on the ‘Effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights – Enhancing Domestic Dialogue and Co-ordination‘.…
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New Subscription System to the ECHR Blog
Dear readers, Many of you are subscribed to our blog and receive updates on new posts by email. We are writing to inform you that as of 9 June 2021, all subscribers to ECHR Blog will receive our news and posts by…
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Guest Post on Big Brother Watch and Others v UK : Snowden’s Redemption or Pyrrhic Victory?
It’s our pleasure to introduce a guest post on one of last month’s key judgments on surveillance through bulk interception of data and on privacy, the Grand Chamber judgment in Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom: Maximillian Shreeve-McGiffen, LLM…
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Webinar on Conflict Litigation in the Post-Soviet Region
On 21 June, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) of Middlesex University will host a panel discussion titled Conflict on Litigation in the Post-Soviet Region. The panel will focus on the recent interstate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights,…
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New Book on Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights on the Internet
Oreste Pollicino (Bocconi University) has published a book titled Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights on the Internet: A Road Towards Digital Constitutionalism? with Hart Publishing. The book features a foreword by Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights. Here…
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Book Launch of Law, Democracy and the European Court of Human Rights
The recent book of Rory O’Connell (Ulster University), entitled Law, Democracy and the European Court of Human Rights (on which we reported earlier here), will be officially launched in June. The Transitional Justice Institute at which he is best is organising the…
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New Issue of ECHR Law Review is Out
The new issue of the European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (ECHR Law Review) is out. ECHR Law Review is a scholarly journal devoted exclusively to the Convention system. Most publications of this issue are open access. Here is the full…
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Practical Guide to Article 6 ECHR – The Right to a Fair Trial
Päivi Hirvelä and Satu Heikkila have published a new book on what is one of the European Convention’s key rights, with a case-law whose volume is hard to keep up with: Article 6 ECHR. The book, published with Intersentia, is entitled Right to…
