• Workshop on ECHR in Tampere Finland

    Workshop on ECHR in Tampere Finland

    On October 22 and 23, the University of Tampere in Finland is organising a workshop on the European Court of Human Rights for doctoral students. The University would like to invite ten to fifteen doctoral students from different universities. The workshop is intended…

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  • New Registrar for the Court

    New Registrar for the Court

    Yesterday, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights, sitting in plenary, elected a new registrar, Mr Roderick Liddell. The registrar leads the legal and administrative support staff of the Court, comprising over 600 people. They process and prepare the complaints…

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  • New Judges Elected in Strasbourg

    New Judges Elected in Strasbourg

    Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected four new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. These elections followed the recommendations of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights.  In respect…

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  • Inaugural Lecture

    Inaugural Lecture

    After an hiatus, due to the preparation of my inaugural lecture last week, I am back at blogging. My inaugural lecture as professor of human rights at Utrecht University, dealing with human rights from a multidisciplinary perspective, is now available on the…

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  • New Book on Fundamental Rights in the EU and ECHR

    New Book on Fundamental Rights in the EU and ECHR

    Sonia Morano-Foadi and Lucy Vickers, both based at Oxford Brookes University, have edited a new volume on the relationship between the Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts. It is entitled ‘Fundamental Rights in the EU. A Matter for Two Courts’ and has been published…

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  • New ECHR Publications

    New ECHR Publications

    Please find below a new update of recent ECHR-related articles and other writings: * Stephan Hollenberg, ‘The Diverging Approaches of the European Court of Human Rights in the Cases of Nada and Al-Dulimi’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 2…

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  • New Book on ECHR and European Consensus

    New Book on ECHR and European Consensus

    Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Surrey), who has guest posted on this blog before, has just published a new book on one of the areas in which he is a specialist, the notion of European consensus in the case-law of the Court. The…

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  • Call for Tenders on Support to ECHR Effectiveness at National Level

    Call for Tenders on Support to ECHR Effectiveness at National Level

    The Council of Europe has issued a call for tenders to evaluate the effectiveness of the Council of Europe support to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level. The consultancy will focus on the following countries: Bulgaria,…

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  • Five New Judges Elected to the Court

    Five New Judges Elected to the Court

    This week the Parliamentary Assembly elected five new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Finland, Austria, Ireland, Andorra, and Liechtenstein. This will mean a renewal of part of the Court, but also a loss of…

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  • Summer School Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe

    Summer School Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe

    The universities of Bologna and Strasbourg and King’s College London are again co-organising a Summer School on “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe”. The Summer School is held from 28 June to 3 July in the castle of the beautiful Rocca…

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