New and highly topical paper on @echr.coe.int and climate litigation in our advance access.

The newest editorial note from on of our editors-in-chief Vassilis Tzevelekos who asks us to think if the ECHR failed us? In this thought provoking piece he engages with two guest editorials by Judge Pavli and Nils Muznieks. The editorial piece is available in open access. brill.com/downloadpdf/...

Our newest guest editorial note from Judge Darian Pavli expanding on his ideas from Novaya Gazeta v Russia: brill.com/view/journal... (open access)

It is perhaps technically possible to limit it only to serious crimes and ensure that not all information about you would pop up on the screen. But clear legal framework would be required and applied in practice. I elaborated on this a bit on my LinkedIn page.

Government expands police use of live facial recognition vans The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.

The UK is expanding the use of live facial recognition technology. This can be a problem from the point of view of @echr.coe.int as this is an interference with the right to privacy under Article 8. The case Glukhin v Russia is a reference point here. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our newest guest editorial is by Nils Muznieks - the former @coe.int Human Rights Commissioner reflecting on his time in office. It is insightful, original and full of vision. It is behind the paywall for now but it will be in open access when the issue is published online. brill.com/view/journal...

While most people are taking their well deserved summer breaks we keep producing excellent research on @echr.coe.int This time it is a paper by Adam Krzywon looking at defamation. It will be a part of our upcoming special issue on prevention of democratic decay. brill.com/view/journal...

@tomswarbrick.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk discussed the issue of letting a person into the UK from Gaza for med treatment. This is a decision of UK courts and has nothing to do with the European Court. The mantra that reform UK keeps reiterating about foreign judgments is a pure manipulation here.

“Don’t Bother Quitting, Because You’re Fired”: Russia’s Expulsion from the Council of Europe is the new article that I co-authored with V Tzevelekos. Here, we examine whether the failure to invite Russia to withdraw from the Council of Europe. We don’t believe it does brill.com/view/journal...

The selectiveness in this piece, including in the characterisation of the ECtHR case law, is shocking, especially for a self-identified 'legal historian'. But my main question is: how can anyone from the 'left' see what's happening in the US and think 'I'd very much like some of that here, please?'

Our newest case comment looks at Executief Van De Moslims Van België v Belgium. In this case @echr.coe.int for the first time considered animal’s welfare as a relevant consideration in the freedom of religion cases. Excellent comment by Giulio Fedele. brill.com/view/journal...

We hope that, while enjoying the summer sun, you’ll also take a moment to read about a largely overlooked area of @echr.coe.int case law concerning the rights of future retirees. A new paper by Kevin Hartmann-Cortes explores the admissibility of such claims.
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Explainer: Does the European Convention on Human Rights stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe Joelle Grogan, Alice Donald and Victoria Adelman examine the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law.

Our latest explainer examines the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law, particularly Article 3 and Article 8, and how it impacts the removal of foreign national criminals in the UK

By @joellegrogan.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social & Victoria Adelmant

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Our editor @dzehtsiarou.bsky.social just published his editorial note for the upcoming issue of our journal looking at the social contract within which the @echr.coe.int is operating (open access): brill.com/view/journal...

Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights

You can now pre-order the second edition of Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights that I wrote with @fdelond.bsky.social. It covers many new things that happened since the first one including climate change cases, Russia’s expulsion and many more www.bloomsbury.com/uk/great-deb...

We are delighted to publish a guest editorial from David Anderson KC with a strong argument on why @echr.coe.int is actually good for UK national security and why the arguments for withdrawal are unfounded. Open access brill.com/view/journal...

The newest editorial comment by the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O’Leary is available on our website. It contains a lot of food for thought for those who are interested in the development of the Strasbourg system of human rights protection: brill.com/view/journal...

Antoine Duval from @tmcasser.bsky.social just published a very important comment on the @echr.coe.int judgment in Semenya v Switzerland ahead of the reconsideration of this case by the Grand Chamber.

The UK government is planing to increase the time for settlement to 10 year to those who are already here and started their process under the old rules. This is not only time what matters but it includes massive expense. This seems rather unfair.

Our new special issue on the never-ending saga of EU accession to the ECHR is already online with most up-to-date analysis of the most current developments brill.com/view/journal...

The ECtHR's 2024 climate cases were decidedly dogmatic concerning extraterritorial jurisdiction. Lea Raible analyzes this - and its interplay with positive obligations - in the first article of our upcoming special issue on the climate rulings, co-edited by Armando Rocha & @cohelongo.bsky.social.

We were a bit slow in using this account but we will use it more now. Please check our advance articles section - our upcoming issue on EU accession to ECHR is already there: brill.com/view/journal...

In a few weeks we will publish reflections of former president of the @echr.coe.int Siofra O’Leary on her time as the President of the Court. She will tell the readers about the Reykjavik summit, difficulties and future of the court. Excellent must read for everyone who is interested in the Court.

Final call for webinar 25 April, 10 AM CEST, with @drandrewforde.bsky.social, @dzehtsiarou.bsky.social, @edbatesechr.bsky.social, authors of “Russia, the @coe.int and the European Convention on Human Rights. A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy”
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Expulsion of Russia from the Council of Europe. Podcast. YouTube video by Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou

In this podcast @edbatesechr.bsky.social , @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @cahillrip.bsky.social discuss the relationship between Russia and the @coe.int www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyu2...

The judgment in Cannavacciuolo v Italy is an interesting one because it is the first pilot judgment in environmental pollution cases. Another curious feature is how detailed the presentation of third party interventions is: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24...

The @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly elected three new judges of the European Cout of Human Rights: Vahe Grigoryan for Armenia, Vasilka Sancin for Slovenia and Canolic Mingorance Cairat for Andorra. The election of Slovenian Judge also means that we will soon have a new president of the Court.

I recently had the pleasure of contributing to the Spanish Yearbook of International Law at the invitation of Ángel Rodrigo Hernández and Beatriz Vázquez Rodríguez and as I'm reading the proofs I'm more and more convinced this tracks (ie KlimaSeniorinnen as somewhere between individual case and AO)

20250117_CoE_podcast_OCEAN This is "20250117_CoE_podcast_OCEAN" by Council of Europe OP Services on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

I am happy to announce that @drandrewforde.bsky.social, @edbatesechr.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast about our forthcoming book on Russia's expulsion from the @coe.int with @cahillrip.bsky.social as moderator. Thank you OCEAN programme of the CoE for hosting it: vimeo.com/1048821425?s...

Great to see this out!