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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic readings on the European Convention of Human Rights and its Court: * Tobias Mortier, ‘Reprehensible or Legitimate Aims? A Proposal for a New Approach to Article 18 ECHR in Light of its Predominance Test’,…
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It Takes More than Two to Execute ECHR judgments
By Nikolaos Sitaropoulos* Introduction In early April this year the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers (CM) issued its 2022 Annual Report on the execution of ECHR judgments (the annual report). As usual, this report did not hit national or European media headlines,…
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Webinar on Better Cooperation within the Council of Europe Institutions
On 9 May, from 12:00-14:00 (CET) SWPS University, Riga Graduate School of Law and the University of Cologne are organizing a webinar on better cooperation within the Council of Europe Institutions. Professor Konstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool), Dr Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias (Institute of Legal Studies of…
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New Romanian Judge Elected
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected Sebastian Răduleţu as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Romania. He will succeed judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc. In a tight race, Mr Răduleţu obtained a…
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New Special Issue European Human Rights Law Review
A new Special Issue of the European Human Rights Law Review entitled ‘The Road to Reykjavik and Beyond’ has just been published (Issue 2, 2023). The contributions discuss various issues to be considered at the upcoming Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik…
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Workshop on Climate Change, Migration, Authoritarianism and the ECHR
On 16-17 November 2023, Başak Çalı, Esra Demir-Gürsel and Jens T. Theilen are organizing a workshop entitled ‘Frames of European Human Rights – How are climate change, migration, and authoritarianism framed within the Council of Europe?‘. The workshop is hosted by the Hertie School Centre…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our selection of recent publications, both articles and book chapters, related to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Ivana Jelić, ‘Feminist Justice and the European Court of Human Rights’ in Ivana Krstić, Marco Evola, Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno…
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New Book on Fairness in Criminal Appeal and the ECHR
Helena Morão and Ricardo Tavares da Silva, both of the University of Lisbon School of Law, have co-edited a book recently published by Springer, entitled Fairness in Criminal Appeal. A Critical and Interdisciplinary Analysis of the ECtHR Case-Law. This is the abstract: ‘This book addresses…
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New Thematic Factsheet on Excessive Formalism by Courts
Today, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has issued a new thematic factsheet on excessive formalism by courts. Here is a brief description: ”The European Court has underlined that the right…
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2022 Report on Execution of ECtHR judgments
Last week, the latest Annual Report ‘Supervision of the Execution of Judgments and Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights‘ (covering the year 2022) of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers was published. The report outlines some important achievements: the…
