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ECHR Symposium: Human Rights in the Digital Sphere
On 18 October 2021, the European Court of Human Rights, in collaboration with Japan and US consulate generals in Strasbourg, the René Cassin Foundation and Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, are hosting a…
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PACE Committee Proposes a New Protocol to the ECHR on the Right to a Healthy Environment
This month, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is exploring different ways to tackle climate crisis through rule of law and human rights reforms. Here is a brief summary of PACE’s ongoing activities in this regard: “PACE’s Social Affairs…
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New Thematic Factsheet on the Rights of LGBTI Persons
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR has issued a new thematic factsheet on the execution of the Strasbourg Court judgments concerning the rights of LGBTI persons. Here is a brief summary of the factsheet: “According to the…
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ECHR MOOC Starts Again on 7 September
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again on 7 September 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the…
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Applying to the Court Information Pages
The Court has revamped and extended its pages on how to apply to Strasbourg. The information for applicants is now available in no less than 36 languages, with its entry point here. For each version, such as for example the English-language one, the…
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Guest Post on Trans Parenthood in A.M. and Others v Russia: Breaking New Grounds?
By Alice Margaria, Senior Research Fellow, Department of ‘Law and Anthropology’, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Introduction On 6 July 2021, the Court ruled that depriving a trans mother of contact rights with her children and restricting her parental…
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EIN Training on ECtHR Judgment Implementation for Ukraine
The ever-growing European Implementation Network, which recently welcomed more new members, together with The Netherlands Helsinki Committee, is organising a training about the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Ukraine in October. The event will either be…
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Webinar: ECHR and the Theoretical Crisis of Human Rights
On 2 and 3 September 2021, the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security is hosting a research workshop ‘The European Court of Human Rights and the Theoretical Crisis of Human Rights‘. Here is the description of the event prepared…
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Summer Break ECHR Blog
Dear readers, this blog is taking a Summer break after another intense blogging season on the ECHR and its Court. We wish all of you a good Summer or Winter, depending on the hemisphere, Antoine Buyse & Kushtrim Istrefi
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New Book: Rights of Families of Disappeared Persons
Grażyna Baranowska (Poznan Human Rights Centre) has published a book titled Rights of Families of Disappeared Persons (Intersentia). Here is the abstract of the book: “This book examines how international judicial and non-judicial bodies in Europe address the needs of…
