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Launch of ECHR AGORA
We reported on the online event on the ECHR and the Age of Backlash earlier this week here. That event will also serve as the launch of the new European platform AGORA, initiated by Andrew Forde and supported by this blog’s editors…
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New Book on Child Protection and the ECHR
Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes and Siri Gloppen of the University of Bergen have just published a new edited book entitled ‘Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights‘. The…
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Online Event ‘The Age of Backlash: the ECHR and the New Political Reality’
On 30 October from 13:00-14:30 CET, the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) of the Dublin City University (DCI) is organizing an online event entitled ‘The Age of Backlash: the European Convention on Human Rights and the New Political Reality‘. This event will…
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Webinar on the Role of the CoE in Armed Conflicts
On 24 October 2025 from 12:00-13:30 CET, the Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe (CURE) is organizing a webinar entitled ‘Work on Conflicts: Is There a Space for the Council of Europe?’. The webinar will explore the question of what role the…
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Conference on ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience
On 6 and 7 November 2025, Katja Ziegler, Ed Bates, Amal Sethi (CELI – Centre for European Law and Internationalisation) and Julinda Beqiraj (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) are organising an event on the ‘ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and…
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Workshop: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International Human Rights Systems
On 15 and 16 December 2025, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne is organising a workshop for early-career researchers. The workshop is entitled ‘Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International Human…
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Workshop on Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
The University of Lund and Utrecht University are organising a workshop entitled Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights. It will take place in Lund on 4 and 5 June 2026. Aim and…
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New Session of the MOOC on ECHR Starts Again on 9 September 2025
On 9 September 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 ECHR’ is taught…
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New Book on the ECHR and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Wiebe Hommes (University of Amsterdam) has just published a new book entitled ‘The Convention and the Kingdom: How the Netherlands Received the European Convention on Human Rights’. The book focuses on the development of the Convention throughout Europe and the way it was…
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Workshop: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other Human Rights Systems
On 15 and 16 December 2025, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne is organizing a workshop for early career researchers. The workshop is entitled ‘Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International…
