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New Book on Legal Services and the ECHR
Justin Krahé (PhD from Heidelberg University) has just published a monograph entitled ‘Legal Services and the European Convention on Human Rights: Securing Private Rights and Public Interests‘. The monograph focuses on the question of how the ECtHR deals with the interplay between…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 11 February
On 11 February 2025 Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! 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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A Landmark Judgment: Three Crucial Aspects of Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog On 30 January 2025, the Court delivered a long-awaited judgment in the case of Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy (earlier known as Di Caprio and Others v. Italy). This case…
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Conference on the Role of the CoE in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice and Accountability
On 27 February 2025, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) of Dublin City University is organizing a high-level conference to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conference will focus on the role of the Council of Europe…
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Podcast Episode on Russia and the CoE
This week the Council of Europe’s OCEAN network released a new podcast episode about the relations between Russia and the Council of Europe and Russia’s ultimate expulsion from the Council of Europe. In the episode, recorded at the University of Liverpool, Kanstantsin…
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Three New Judges Elected
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected three new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights. The new judge in respect of Slovenia will be Vasilka Sancin. In addition to being a renowned academic, as…
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Court Creates Internal Ethics Council
It was announced today that the European Court of Human Rights will create an Ethics Council to advise the Court’s President on questions of judicial ethics. The Court explains this as another step in showing its commitment to judicial ethics. More concretely…
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Summer School on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
For the third consecutive year, the University of Liverpool is organising a summer school on the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights. This year’s summer school entitled ‘Effectiveness of the Council of Europe in Tackling the Pressing Challenges:…
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Reflections on the Court’s Key Case Law of 2024: Part II
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog Key cases are cases accorded the highest level of importance by the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’). This blog post provides some general reflections on the Court’s key case…
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The Court’s Key Cases in 2024: Part I
By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog As 2024 has come to an end, the European Court of Human Rights’ (‘the Court’) final selection of key cases for the past year has been published. Among the Court’s four…
