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New Judges Elected in Respect of Cyprus and the Netherlands
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected two new judges to the ECtHR, who will serve a nine-year term (Article 23(1) ECHR): Nicholas Emiliou in respect of Cyprus and Corinna Wissels in respect of the Netherlands. Nicholas Emiliou,…
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New Edition ECHR Teaching Resources
The Council of Europe has just published the newest, 2026 edition of The European Convention on Human Rights in practice – Teaching Resources. This open access online booklet is geared towards teachers, assumedly in secondary education (but also useful potentially for non-law students…
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ECHR Travaux Préparatoires Open Access Online
It has been some years in the making, but a key set of documents, the Convention’s Travaux Préparatoires, have now been made open access online, as a result of a collaboration beween the European Court of Human Rights and De Gruyter Brill…
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CDDH Secretariat Publishes Possible Elements for the Chișinău Declaration on Migration
On 6 January 2026, the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) published a 20-page document prepared by its Secretariat and detailing elements for the political declaration on migration to be prepared at the 135th Session of the Committee of…
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New ECHR Blog Year
Our very best wishes for the new year to all our readers. Amidst the whirlwind of international news and the flouting of international law and human and fundamental rights, this blog will continue to provide news, thorough analysis and announcements on everything…
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New Book on the Impact of European Human Rights Bodies, Including the ECtHR, on Penal Policies
Gaëtan Cliquennois (University of Rennes) has just published a new monograph entitled ‘The Impact of European Human Rights Bodies on Penal Policies‘. The book provides an analysis of the impact of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and…
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New Edition of ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights’
Fiona de Londras (University of Birmingham) and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) have just published the second edition of their book entitled ‘Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights‘. Here is the description: ‘The 2nd edition of Great Debates on the…
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New Edition of Frowein and Peukert ECHR Handbook
The newest, fourth edition of one of the key classic handbooks on the ECHR in the German language has been published: Frowein / Peukert, EMRK-Kommentar at N.P. Engel Verlag. In the spirit of its original authors, Jochen Abr. Frowein und Wolfgang Peukert, a…
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FRA Note on EU Accession to ECHR
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union has just published a note with questions and answers about the accession of the EU to the ECHR. More information from the Council of Europe on the process and its history, including the…
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Learning from Inadmissibility: The Latest on Climate Change in Fliegenschnee
On 11 December 2025, the Court published its most recent climate ruling: the Fourth Section’s unanimous decision in Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria. This is the latest in the Court’s mounting number of inadmissible climate cases – after Plan B. Earth, Metabody,…
