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New Book on ECHR and European Consensus
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Surrey), who has guest posted on this blog before, has just published a new book on one of the areas in which he is a specialist, the notion of European consensus in the case-law of the Court. The…
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Call for Tenders on Support to ECHR Effectiveness at National Level
The Council of Europe has issued a call for tenders to evaluate the effectiveness of the Council of Europe support to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level. The consultancy will focus on the following countries: Bulgaria,…
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Five New Judges Elected to the Court
This week the Parliamentary Assembly elected five new judges to serve on the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Finland, Austria, Ireland, Andorra, and Liechtenstein. This will mean a renewal of part of the Court, but also a loss of…
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Summer School Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe
The universities of Bologna and Strasbourg and King’s College London are again co-organising a Summer School on “The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe”. The Summer School is held from 28 June to 3 July in the castle of the beautiful Rocca…
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Conference on ECHR and General International Law
The European Court of Human Rights and the European Society for International Law are jointly organising a conference on “The European Convention on Human Rights and General International Law”. The conference will be held on 5 June in the building of the…
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European Court Recruiting New Registrar
The European Court of Human Rights has opened a vacancy for its highest position below the judges: the registrar. The Court is currently looking for a candidate to succeed to the current registrar. The registrar leads the administrative and judicial support apparatus…
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New ECHR Readings
A large number of new ECHR-related publications have been published as book chapters and articles in the past few months. Here is the first batch of updates on these: * James Sweeney, ‘Non-retroactivity, Candour and ‘Transitional Relativism’: A Response to the ECtHR…
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Conference on Parliaments and the European Court of Human Rights
Middlesex University and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights are co-organising a conference on the interface of national parliaments and the European Court of Human Rights. The conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland, on 12 May from 09:30 to 17:30 (CEST).…
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Conference on 20 years after McCann v UK
This year it will be twenty years since the European Court issued its key judgment in the case of McCann and others v the United Kingdom, finding violations of the right to life in relation to British anti-terrorist operation in Gibraltar. To…
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Hutchinson v UK: The right to hope (revisited)…
I am happy to present a guest comment by Dr Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou of the University of Surrey on the recent judgment of Hutchinson v the United Kingdom: The European Court of Human Rights has recently delivered a judgment in the case of Hutchinson…
