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The Copenhagen Declaration on the ECHR – Final Version Adopted
Last week, the High Level Conference meeting under the Danish Chairpersonship of the Committee of Ministers took place in Copenhagen (12-13 April). The final text of the Copenhagen Declaration was adopted at that occasion. As readers of this blog will know, this…
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Protocol 16 Enters into Force on 1 August 2018
It has taken a few years of patience, but this month the tenth ratification of Protocol 16 to the ECHR was made, by France. The Protocol to the European Convention, adopted in 2013, will enter into force on, 1 August of this…
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New Book on Human Rights in CoE and EU
My Utrecht University colleague Janneke Gerards, together with Steven Greer and Rose Slowe of the University of Bristol, have just published a new book with Cambridge University Press, entitled Human Rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union. Achievements, Trends…
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Book Review on Russia and the ECHR
It is my pleasure to introduce a guest post by Joyce Man, former legal intern at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), reviewing the book Russia and the European Court of Human Rights – The Strasbourg Effect by Mälksoo and Benedek: …
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New ECHR Readings
Please find here a selection of recent academic writings on the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court: * Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, ‘The practise of the European Court of Human Rights when striking out applications, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol 36,…
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series VI
We close this week’s guest commentaries on the draft Copenhagen Declaration with the contribution of Sarah Lambrecht, one of the editors of the series. I thank both her and co-editor Janneke Gerards for this important initiative! Undue political pressure is not dialogue:…
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series V
In this fifth episode, I am adding my own comments to the discussion on the draft Copenhagen Declaration, focusing on the role of civil society organizations. The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – What About Civil Society? Antoine Buyse, professor of human rights from…
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series IV
Building on the earlier contributions, in today’s fourth episode, my Utrecht colleague Janneke Gerards comments on the different roles the Courts has played and can play and how that should be reflected in the draft Declaration: The draft Copenhagen Declaration and the…
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series III
The third episode in our series on the draft Copenhagen Declaration focuses on process-based review and was written by my Utrecht colleague and SIM fellow Leonie Huijbers: The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Process-based review and subsidiarity Leonie Huijbers, PhD Candidate, Utrecht University…
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The Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Comment Series II
We continue our comment series on the draft Copenhagen Declaration with a second contribution, by dr Lize Glas of Radboud University Nijmegen, on the ‘dialogue’ aspects of the draft text: The Draft Copenhagen Declaration: ‘New Ways’ to ensure a ‘Strengthened Dialogue’? Lize…
