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New Book on the Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe
Angelika Nußberger, Cathérine Van de Graaf and Yannick Schoog (all at the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne) have just published a new edited book entitled ‘The Future of Human Rights Protection in Europe‘. This is the…
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Open-Minded or Open-Ended? The Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and Migration
On 15 May, the 46 Council of Europe states adopted the Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and migration. The Declaration, which follows several extraordinary meetings of the Steering Committee on Human Rights, does not echo the express criticism of the ECtHR’s case law contained in the Letter…
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Academic events on the Chișinău Declaration
With the Council of Europe Member States having begun their Ministerial Conference in Chișinău (which will take place on 14-15 May 2026, with a press conference scheduled for 13h CET on 15 May), and with the adoption of the Chișinău Declaration on…
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UN Committee against Torture takes a stand against Italy’s leadership in “letter of nine” process
As the build-up towards the Chisinau Declaration continues, with the corresponding meeting of the Committee of Ministers just days away, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) has taken a clear stand on some of the issues raised by the “letter of nine”/”statement…
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Podcast on Migration and the ECtHR
The newest episode on the European Law-oriented podcast Europa Felix is dedicated to the current discussions around the European Court of Human Rights and migration. Its host, Felix Ronkes Agerbeek, interviews researcher Eva Sevrin (universities of Ghent and Leuven) on what the…
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Stop Blaming the Migrants: The Chisinau Process as the Symptom of a Global Pushback against Otherness
According to the Ministers of the Council of Europe, a political declaration on migration and the European system of human rights protection is urgently needed considering the “migration crisis” and migrant smuggling European States and societies are facing. They cite the overly…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our new selection of academic publications about the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court. Enjoy reading! ‘The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has played a crucial role in advancing transgender rights in Europe over the past…
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New Judgment Implementation Report
With so much attention going to the much debated and upcoming Chișinău Declaration, also on our blog, attention has been less on the ongoing routines of the ECHR system. In that context, the Committee of Ministers recently published its Annual Report on…
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Transnational Bad Faith and Non-Refoulement: Pretending Compliance with ECtHR Interim Measures
Introduction In the early hours of 5 April, Georgia, acting in collaboration with Azerbaijan, violated an interim measure issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in a case pending against Georgia. Despite the interim measures requiring it not to do…
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Conference on Revisiting the ECHR
On the 22nd of May 2026, the Human Rights Research Group of the Leuven University’s Centre for Public Law is organizing a conference entitled ‘Revisiting the ECHR: A Closer Look at Calls for Change‘. The impetus for the conference was the by…
