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New readings: open access textbook edited by Stuart Wallace and Clare James
Stuart Wallace and Clare James have just published a new textbook – Open Access International Human Rights Law. The book, which is available for download and online open access and provides in-depth coverage of the ECtHR and its case-law, features contributions by Stuart…
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Call for Abstracts for Conference on ECtHR Jurisprudence
On 14 and 15 January 2027, the Maastricht Centre for Law and Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University is organizing a conference entitled ‘ECtHR Jurisprudence: An Incremental and Progressive Development or Time to take a Breather?‘. Here is a…
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Public Discussion on Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
On Saturday, 11 July 2026, at 10.00-13.00 CET (Amsterdam time) and 11.00-14.00 EET (Kiyv time), the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the ZMINA Human Rights Center and Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group are organizing a public discussion entitled ‘One year…
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Council of Europe publishes minutes of Chişinău meeting
The Council of Europe has published the minutes of the sitting of the Committee of Ministers held in Chişinău, Republic of Moldova on 15 May 2026. This includes statements concerning the adoption of the Chişinău Declaration on migration. The 110-page minutes document…
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Whose Vulnerability Counts? Competing Vulnerabilities and the Silent Departure from Derungs in B.M. v. Switzerland
I. Introduction In B.M. v. Switzerland (no. 50227/21, 12 May 2026), the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 5 § 4 ECHR because the judicial review of the applicant’s continued preventive detention took place without an oral hearing.…
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Execution of Judgments Factsheets
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published two new factsheets this month on its website. The first relates to Pilot Judgments, The second to Excessive Length of Proceedings. Apart from specific information introducing…
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From Supervision to Interpretation: Could Cyprus v. Turkey Become the First Practical Use of Article 46 § 3 ECHR?
At its June 2026 Human Rights meeting, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe took a potentially historic step in the supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The Committee decided to prepare…
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Call for papers: International cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights
The University of Liverpool is organising a two-day conference on “International cooperation under the European Convention on Human Rights”, to be held in Liverpool on 15-16 October 2026. The conference will facilitate a dialogue of scholars and practicing experts from the European…
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New Podcast on Intersectionality and the ECHR
In November last year, we posted about a new edited book entitled ‘‘Intersectionality and Human Rights: Reimagining European Court of Human Rights Judgments‘. The book was published by Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at…
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New Issue ECHR Law Review
A new double issue of the ECHR Law Review has just been published (Vol. 7, Issue 1-2). This issue is a special issue edited by Andreas Follesdal, Jan Petrov, and Alain Zysset. The special issue focuses on the role of the ECHR…
