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ECHR Facts and Figures 1959-2020
The Public Relations Unit of the European Court of Human Rights has published an ‘Overview 1959-2020’ containing important statistics regarding the work of the Court (and the European Commission of Human Rights) since its inception. The Court has so far decided on…
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ECtHR Implementation Trainings
As announced earlier, the European Implementation Network (EIN) is organising a number of country-specific training sessions on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The first upcoming one focuses on Moldova and take place on 25 and 26…
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ECHR Massive Open Online Course Starts Again on 10 February
With ongoing lockdowns in much of the world due to the pandemic and much teaching still continuing online, our free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR is starting again on Wednesday 10 Februari 2021. Registration is open now! To enroll,…
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Strasbourg Court Publishes the 2020 Annual Report
On 28 January 2021, the European Court of Human Rights published its 2020 annual report. The report provides an overview of the work of the Court and statistics regarding the incoming processed and pending applications. It also contains information regarding the Court’s…
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ESIL Webinar on ECHR and International Law
The Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals of the European Society of International Law is organising an online webinar on ‘The Influence, Legacy and Future of the European Court of Human Rights in the International Legal Order’. The webinar will be…
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PACE Elects New Judges of the Strasbourg Court
On 26 January 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has elected two new judges of the European Court of Human Rights. Andreas Zünd was elected in respect of Switzerland and Ioannis Ktistakis in respect of Greece. Both judges obtained…
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CDDH Report on ECHR in European and International Legal Order
Recently, the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) has published a new report. It was written at the request of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and adopted already in 2019, but only published at the end of last…
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Guest Post: The Recent Rise in ECtHR Inter-State Cases in Perspective
By Elif Erken & Claire Loven, PhD researchers at Utrecht University Introduction For those with an interest in inter-State cases before the European Court of Human Rights (Court) January 2021 was an important month. In January 2021, the Court issued its admissibility…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below a new selection of academic publications from the last few months, related to the European Court of Human Rights, the Convention and other directly related topics:· The latest volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 2020)…
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Training on the Freedom of the Media for Civil Servants
The ‘Matra Rule of Law Training Programme’ offers a training on the Freedom of the Media for civil servants working on the media law or policy from the Western Balkans countries, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine. The training is fully financed by…
