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An Exceptional Ministerial Conference on the ECHR and ‘Migration Challenges’
An informal ministerial conference took place in Strasbourg on human rights day, 10 December 2025. As is explained in more detail below, this exceptional gathering was prompted by a letter of nine ECHR states of about seven months earlier. The ministerial conference…
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Webinar on the Rule of Law Crisis in Poland and the ECHR
On Monday 15 December from 17:30-19:00 (CET), the Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic of the Central European University (CEU) and the Review of Democracy (RevDem) are organizing a webinar entitled ‘Two Years after Walesa v Poland – Restoring the Rule of…
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Workshop on ECHR and Sport
On 16 and 17 April 2026, the International Law and Human Rights Unit of the University of Liverpool is organizing a workshop entitled ‘Impact of Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts on Lex Sportiva’. The workshop will focus on the impact of the judgments…
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New Session of the MOOC on the ECHR Starts Again on 15 December
In two weeks, on 15 December 2025, Utrecht University’s free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the ECHR will start again! To enroll, please go to the Coursera platform. The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An introduction into the…
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Lize Glas and Corina Heri Join as ECHR Blog Editors
It is our great pleasure to expand the team of the ECHR Blog with two new editors: Lize Glas and Corina Heri. With the ever-evolving developments, both in practice, in case-law and academia, around the European Convention of Human Rights, it is wonderful…
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EIN-DRI 2025 Rule of Law Report Launch
Tomorrow, 25 November from 16:30-18:00 CET, the European Implementation Network (EIN) and Democracy Reporting International (DRI) will launch the new 2025 edition of the report ‘Justice Delayed, Justice Denied – The non-implementation of European Courts’ Judgments and the Rule of Law in…
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New Book on Intersectionality and the ECHR
Today, Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at the University of London), Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei Len (Associate Professor at the Ohio State University) and Adam Weiss (Chief Programmes and Impact Officer, ClientEarth) published a new edited…
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Call to Sign an Open Letter Regarding the Future of the European Convention on Human Rights
In recent months, several Council of Europe member states have portrayed the ECHR and the ECtHR as obstacles to addressing migration issues in Europe. Some states have openly criticised the Court, while others have even suggested withdrawing from the Convention. It is…
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Call for Abstracts: Revisiting the ECHR
The Human Rights Research Group of the Leuven University’s Centre for Public Law has just launched a call for abstracts for a conference entitled ‘Revisiting the ECHR: A Closer Look at Calls for Change’. The impetus for the conference was the by…
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Online Event on the ECHR and Immigration Detention
On Wednesday 12 November 2025 from 16:00-17:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online event entitled ‘Immigration detention: Establishing clear boundaries in international human rights law‘. The event will focus on a discussion of the European Court…
