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Summer School on Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe
As every year, the University of Bologna, King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg are co-organising a summer school on “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe” from 23-28 June. The 19th edition of this long-running course is hosted again in…
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Analysis: The Strasbourg Court’s First Advisory Opinion under Protocol 16
On 10 April, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down its first advisory opinion on a substantive issue under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a competence given to the Court under Protocol 16 to the Convention. The…
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Conference on Loyal Co-operation in the ECHR System
The University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice is organizing the conference ‘Loyal Co-Operation within the System of the European Convention on Human Rights’ on 10 and 11 May. The extensive two-day programme features new research presentations from scholars across…
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Case-Law Guide on Article 17 ECHR
In its series of case-law guides, the Court has published online a new one on Article 17, the European Convention’s provision on the abuse of rights. This Article provides: “Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group…
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New ECHR Articles in Human Rights Law Review
The first issue of 2019 of the Human Rights Law Review (vol. 19, no. 1) includes a number of ECHR-focused articles: * Alice Donald & Anne-Katrin Speck, ‘The European Court of Human Rights’ Remedial Practice and its Impact on the Execution of…
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New Judges Elected in Respect of Turkey and Malta
Earlier this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to serve 9-year terms at the European Court of Human Rights. In respect of Malta, Lorraine Schembri Orland was elected with an absolute majority of votes cast.…
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Book on Inter-State Complaints and the ECHR
I somehow missed to highlight this earlier, but last year an important book on the often-overlooked other contentious role of the Court (beyond deciding in individual cases) was published. Isabella Risini has written The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human…
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Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos New President of the Court
Although announced on April fools’ day by the Court, one may assume this is serious and real news: the Court has elected from its midst Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos to serve as its new President. Judge Sicilianos had already been one of the Court’s Vice-Presidents…
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New Book on General Principles of the ECHR
My Utrecht University colleague and SIM fellow professor Janneke Gerards has just published her newest book General Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights with Cambridge University Press. It is available online now as an e-book and presents a reflection of her…
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Conference on the European Court at 60
As announced earlier through the call for papers, the University of Nottingham’s human rights centre is organising its annual student human rights conference on Friday 29 March. The theme this year is ‘European Court of Human Rights: 60 Years of Success?‘ The…
