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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 10 February
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again this week, on 10 February 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction…
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Online Seminar on the ECHR: Environmental Claims; Contemporary Issues
On Wednesday 9 February 2022,from 14h00 to 17h00 GMT, the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham is organising an online seminar on the ECHR. This is the announcement by the organisers: ‘The Seminar is being held in honour of…
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Public Lecture on Positive Obligations under the ECHR – Within and Beyond Boundaries
On 10 March, the University of Liverpool is hosting an online public lecture by Dr. Vladislava Stoyanova on Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights – Within and Beyond Boundaries. Here is a brief description of the event: ‘The development of positive obligations has…
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New Book: Putting Human Rights to Work
Philippa Collins, a lecturer at the University of Bristol, has published a book entitled Putting Human Rights to Work: Labour Law, the ECHR, and the Employment Relation (with Oxford University Press). Here is a short description of the book: “The very existence of…
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EIN Colloquium on Implementation of Judgments in French
On 18 February, the European Implementation Network (EIN) in Strasbourg is organising an in-person colloquium on how NGOs and NHRI can effectively participate in the supervision process of implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The event will take place…
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The New Year and What is Coming up at the Court
First off, our very best wishes for the new year to all our readers for 2022! Before focusing on a number of matters ahead in the ECHR system, one decision emanating from the Court in the last days of 2021 also deservers attention.…
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Last post of 2021: Covid, Architects and Spaghetti Monsters
Dear readers, as another Covid-19 year slowly grinds to a halt, this is the last post of 2020, as this blog will take a Winter break. For the European Court of Human Rights this was another challenging year, with what we could…
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Academic Freedom in Turkey before the Strasbourg Court: A Third Party Intervention by a Coalition of Academic Interveners
This week a coalition of academics, including this blog’s editors, has submitted a third party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the so-called ‘Academics for Peace’ cases. The background of these cases is the following: in the wake of…
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New Book: Framing a Convention Community
Cedric Marti of the University of Zurich has published a book entitled Framing Convention Community: Supranational Aspects of the European Convention on Human Rights (with Cambridge University Press). Here is the book abstract: ‘The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has evolved…
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Secretary General Inquires on the Situation in Poland: A Test for Poland and Article 52 ECHR
On 24 November 2021, the Polish Constitutional Court issued a ruling that challenged both the authority of the European Court of Human Rights to decide on the lawfulness of appointment of judges in national courts, and the standards of fair trial under…
