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New Book on Private Actors and the Procedure Before the European Court
A bit over a week ago, my Utrecht Law School colleague and SIM fellow Claire Loven successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Followers of this blog may know her as the moderator of our MOOC on the ECHR. Dr Loven’s monograph has already been published with…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
The newest issue of the ECHR Law Review is out now (vol. 3, issue 3). The issue contains an editorial note, two guest editorials, a case report, a book review and research articles. The contributions discuss such topics as the judicial discretion…
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Updated Factsheet on Mass Surveillance and the ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has published a revised version of its factsheet on Mass Surveillance. This newest update of September 2022 includes the leading cases ranging from the classic 1970s landmark judgment in Klass and others v Germany to the Haščák v. Slovakia…
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Introducing Our New Assistant Editor
Dear readers of the ECHR Blog, we are very pleased to inform you that the editorial team of our blog will be expanded. As of this week, Matilda Rados is joining us as assistant editor. Matilda Rados is junior lecturer in…
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New Court Vice-Presidents and Section Presidents
The election of the Court’s new President yesterday entitled a reshuffling of a number off other key functions within the European Court of Human Rights. In the same plenary meeting yesterday, the Court’s judges elected amongst themselves two new Vice-Presidents and two Section Presidents of…
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Siofra O’Leary New President of the Court
Today, the European Court of Human Rights has elected Síofra O’Leary, judge in respect of Ireland, as its new President. Síofra O’Leary is the very first female President since the creation of the European Court of Human Rights. She joined the Court…
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Russia No Longer a Party to the ECHR as of Today
Today, 16 September 2002, presents a sad landmark: the Russian Federation ceases to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. Exactly half a year has passed since Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe following its invasion of…
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New Book on Environmental Rights and the European Court
Natalia Kobylarz (Senior lawyer at the registry of the European Court of Human Rights) and Evadne Grant (Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of England) have co-edited and just published the book, which is also a special issue of the Journal…
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MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 7 September
Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again this week, on 7 September. Registration is open now! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into…
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New Book on Effective Domestic Remedies and the European Court of Human Rights
Michael Reiertsen has published the monograph Effective Domestic Remedies and the European Court of Human Rights: Applications of the ECHR Article 13 with Cambridge University Press. Here is the abstract: ‘In Malone v. UK (Plenary 1984), the right to an effective domestic…
