The European Implementation Network and Democracy Reporting International released their new report entitled ‘Justice Delayed and Justice Denied: Non-Implementation of European Courts’ Judgments and the Rule of Law‘. It is their third edition, with again the specific focus on the non-implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the European
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New Judge in Respect of Poland Elected
Yesterday, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly elected Ms Anna Adamska-Gallant as a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland for a term of office of nine years. Ms Anna Adamska-Gallant is a Polish lawyer specializing in international criminal law and human rights. She has served as a judge for almost two…
New Elections in the Court
Last week, the plenary of the European Court of Human Rights elected from amongst its midst three judges to new positions. First off, a new Vice-President of the Court was elected: Judge Ivana Jelić, the judge elected in respect of Montenegro. She will start in this capacity on 1 November 2024. In addition, the Court elected…
New Thematic Factsheet on Rights of Persons With Disabilities
The Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has just issued a new thematic factsheet on how judgments of the Court have helped to protect and advance the rights of persons with disabilities in many countries.Here is a brief description:’The Council of Europe promotes, protects and…
Special Issue on the Links Between Admissibility and Remedies at the ECtHR
I am very happy to announce that the European Convention of Human Rights Law Review has just published our special issue on ‘Heads and Tails’: Admissibility and Remedies at the European Court of Human Rights’ (Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2024). The special issue was guest edited by my great colleagues professors Janneke Gerards, Mads Andenas and…
Council of Europe History Book
The Council of Europe has published a special book to celebrate its anniversary, entitled History of the Council of Europe – 75 years of European co-operation and authored by Birte Wassenberg professor of contemporary history at Strasbourg University. The book is also available in French. This is the abstract:’Immerse yourself in the history of…
New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Now Live
A new session of Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is now live again! The session started on 7 September and runs for six weeks until 28 October 2024. Registration is open until 16 October. To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies…
New Issue European Human Rights Law Review
The European Human Rights Law Review has just published a new issue (Issue 4, 2024). The issue contains one editorial, three articles, four case comments and one book review. The contributions focus on contemporary issues in the ECtHR’s case law, namely border pushbacks, climate change and the role of the living instrument doctrine.These are the…
Workshop: Exploring the Human of the European Court of Human Rights
On 5-6 September 2024, the Faculty of Law of
the University of Zurich will host a workshop entitled ‘Exploring “the Human”
of the European Court of Human Rights’, as part of the project Who is the
Court for? Bringing the Human (back)
into Human Rights Research funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Here is the program,…
New 'ECHR/EU' Page on the Court's Knowledge-Sharing Platform
Last week the European Court of Human Rights launched a new ‘ECHR/EU’ page‘ on its Knowledge-Sharing Platform (ECHR-KS). On the platform, up-to-date data and analyses of developments in the Court’s case-law through specific Convention Articles/Transversal Themes are shared. The new page was launched on the occasion of the seminar ‘The articulation between the Convention and…