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Court Launches Case-Law Exchange Network with Highest Courts
This week, the European Court of Human Rights created a network aimed at the exchange of information on case-law between Strasbourg and the highest national courts. The idea was announced at the opening of the judicial year and supported by the Council…
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Article 46 ECHR to the Rescue?
This week, both the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the President of the European Court of Human Rights have called upon the Committee of Ministers to start making use of the ‘infringement’ procedure of Article 46 ECHR, introduced…
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New President of the Court Elected (and conference announcement)
Yesterday, The European Court of Human Rights elected amongst its midst a new President, the judge in respect of Italy, Guido Raimondi. He will take office as of 1 November, succeeding current President Dean Spielmann. Judge Raimondi has been working at the…
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The European Court of Human Rights Uncovered – Infographic
Much of the discussion in the past years around the European Court of Human Rights and about human rights in general in the media and even among some academics has been based on misperceptions coming from a lack of informed views. In…
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Workshop on ECHR in Tampere Finland
On October 22 and 23, the University of Tampere in Finland is organising a workshop on the European Court of Human Rights for doctoral students. The University would like to invite ten to fifteen doctoral students from different universities. The workshop is intended…
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New Registrar for the Court
Yesterday, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights, sitting in plenary, elected a new registrar, Mr Roderick Liddell. The registrar leads the legal and administrative support staff of the Court, comprising over 600 people. They process and prepare the complaints…
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New Judges Elected in Strasbourg
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected four new judges to the European Court of Human Rights. These elections followed the recommendations of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights. In respect…
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Inaugural Lecture
After an hiatus, due to the preparation of my inaugural lecture last week, I am back at blogging. My inaugural lecture as professor of human rights at Utrecht University, dealing with human rights from a multidisciplinary perspective, is now available on the…
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New Book on Fundamental Rights in the EU and ECHR
Sonia Morano-Foadi and Lucy Vickers, both based at Oxford Brookes University, have edited a new volume on the relationship between the Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts. It is entitled ‘Fundamental Rights in the EU. A Matter for Two Courts’ and has been published…
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New ECHR Publications
Please find below a new update of recent ECHR-related articles and other writings: * Stephan Hollenberg, ‘The Diverging Approaches of the European Court of Human Rights in the Cases of Nada and Al-Dulimi’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 2…
