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New Book: Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights
There is a new open access edited volume on the Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (Nomos, 2022). The book was edited by Stephanie Schiedermair, Alexander Schwarz and Dominik Steiger. Here is a brief abstract. “This edited book…
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New Book on a Constitutionalist Approach to the ECHR
Lisa Sonnleitner of Karl-Franzens University Graz has published the new monograph A Constitutionalist Approach to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Legitimacy of Evolutive and Static Interpretation with Bloomsbury Publishers. This is the abstract of the book: ‘This book presents a new constitutional…
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Execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgments – Major Advances and Challenges
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New Factsheet on the Implementation of ECHR Cases Concerning Domestic Violence
Last week, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published a new thematic factsheet on cases related to domestic violence. Here is a brief description: The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The newest issue of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (vol. 3. issue 1). A number of its articles are dedicated to the special theme of the ECHR and climate change. These are the substantive articles and introductory editorial (some…
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ECHR Continues to Apply for Russia Until 16 September 2022
The European Court has made public today its decision about the date until when the Russian Federation, after having been ousted from the Council of Europe last week, is bound by the ECHR: 16 September 2022. The decision, adopted by the plenary Court yesterday…
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Political Salvation of Europe’s Human Rights System? The Case for a Fourth Council of Europe Summit
By Andrew Forde Russia ceased to be a Member State of the Council of Europe with immediate effect on 16 March 2022 in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe (CoE). The…
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The Court’s Case-Law Guides Virtually Complete
In the all upheaval of politics and war surrounding the ECHR system these weeks, other matters may be easily overlooked. For the accessibility and understanding of the enormous amount of Strasbourg jurisprudence, structural overviews are essential, even for specialists. For a long time, the Court’s own…
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‘No Longer a Member State of the Organisation’: The Expulsion of Russia from the Council of Europe and Articles 7 and 8 of the Statute
By Nikos Vogiatzis, University of Essex Introduction Russia is no longer a member state of the Council of Europe. On 16 March, the Committee of Ministers (CM) of the Council of Europe decided, “in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8…
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Webinar on Russia and the Future of the Council of Europe
On 30 March, the School of Law at Middlesex University London will host a webinar on Russia and the future of the Council of Europe. Here is a brief abstract of the event and the list of speakers. “It is now certain…
