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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 15d

The European Court of #HumanRights has started publishing a weekly summary of requests for “interim measures”.

From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).

Figures by country👇

Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc

#ECHR #Rule39

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jul 22

How depressing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTj...

Why and How to Leave the European Convention on Human Rights

YouTube video by Prosperity Institute

www.youtube.com

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jul 14

The blog post superbly identifies the issues, as set out in recent comments by others in their blog posts - but is it possible to get society to engage? I really wish so. Not helped by Badenoch speech/ narratives: www.conservatives.com/news/kemi-ba...

Kemi Badenoch exposes the laws and treaties holding Britain back

Watch the Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch deliver a keynote speech on the international treaties which are holding Britain back.

www.conservatives.com

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jul 14

*Brilliant*, as ever, by @profmarkelliott.bsky.social - but I fear the tabloid press/ Reform UK are simply not interested in debate, hence tactical positions adopted by ECHR's defenders? The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/07/09/t...

The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes

Calls for withdrawal and kneejerk defences of the status quo each risk oversimplifying the UK’s developing political debate about the European Convention on Human Rights. The implications of each p…

publiclawforeveryone.com

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jul 14

peace and quiet on campus to get on with things.... bar, of course, the inevitable annual (it happens every year, it seems) building noise right outside your office, making it impossible

Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jun 12

*2010s (but also today)

Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jun 12

@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social aside from individual cases as activist/ otherwise, I also have the sense that pushback over 201s reflects a feeling that the ECHR's influence just became 'too big' for the political appetite of some. ... extract below from smthg I am writing, which cites Wildhaber (2017)

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · Jun 10

btw I do not think that it was a change of President at the ECtHR that did it (Wildhaber [President up until 2007, was in the minority in Hirst, and an advocate of self-restraint] - but otherwise I see what Lord Reed argues for here...

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British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) @biicl.bsky.social · May 30

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience: The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35 | 6-7 Nov 25
Submissions on the theme of constitutional resilience in the context of multi-layered human rights protection by 4 June.
buff.ly/WummGxp

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · May 30

Extract from recent speech by UK Attorney General which is of clear relevance to UK-ECHR relations: www.gov.uk/government/s...

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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · May 30

A warm welcome to Mattias Guyomar, judge elected in respect of #France, who takes office today as President of the Court.

He succeeds Marko Bošnjak, who concluded his term as judge elected in respect of #Slovenia & Court President.

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Dr Stuart Wallace @echrhawk.bsky.social · May 30

If you would like to come to our conference "25 years of the HRA" on 18 September you can get tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Select tickets – 25 Years of the Human Rights Act – Moot Court, Liberty Building

A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998. Few ...

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social · May 17

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...

brill.com

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ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social · May 27

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...

brill.com

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Ed Bates @edbatesechr.bsky.social · May 28

The ECHR and the Venice Commission: Guardians of Constitutional Resilience, the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Europe url:https://www.biicl.org/events/12030/the-echr-and-the-venice-commission-guardians-of-constitutional-resilience-the-rule-of-law-and-human-rights-in-europe

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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · May 12

A distinguished (and unpolitical) shortlist for the Parliamentary Assembly to choose from www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK submits shortlist for next judge elected to the European Court of Human Rights

UK submits a shortlist of 3 candidates for election as the next judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the UK.

www.gov.uk

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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · Mar 31

I'm having a launch event for my book, Judicial Individuality on the UKSC, at 5:30 on Wednesday 30th April.

It will be hosted by the Centre for Public Law at Cambridge, at the Law Faculty.

Guests include Lady Hale, Leah Trueblood and Tom Hickman KC

All are welcome - come along if you're nearby

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Mar 26

This was indeed an excellent and lively session, and interested people should catch up the recording/transcript as soon as it is available

UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · Mar 25

Tomorrow morning's oral evidence session before the Constitution Committee @houseoflords.parliament.uk looks really interesting.

Jan van Zyl Smit, Jeff King @ucllaws.bsky.social and @proftomkins.bsky.social will give evidence on the rule of law. It should be a high-quality discussion.

Watch it 👇

26 March 2025 - Rule of Law - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

10:15 - Room 3, Palace of Westminster

committees.parliament.uk

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Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social · Mar 20

Last month I organised a major conference at the @deli-dcu.bsky.social / @dublincityuni.bsky.social supported by DFA on the Role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit of peace, justice and accountability In Ukraine.

Conference can now be viewed online: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0G...

#DCU #CoE

The Role of the Council of Europe in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice and Accountability in Ukraine

YouTube video by Dublin European Law Institute (DELI)

m.youtube.com

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Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social · Mar 22

The final meeting of the Core Group of States towards the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Agression in Ukraine concluded yesterday.

Now that the technical ground work is done the question is whether there is political will to establish the tribunal.

Far from certain.

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Dr Stuart Wallace @echrhawk.bsky.social · Mar 18

ICYMI call for papers for conference in September on the impact of the HRA across different disciplines of law

Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · Mar 5

CALL FOR PAPERS: 25 Years of the Human Rights Act (University of Leeds, 18 September 2025). Deadline for abstracts 1 April.

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · Mar 14

The UK accounts for a tiny proportion of cases at the European Court of Human Rights.

Very clear @houseoflords.parliament.uk briefing on the 75th anniversary of the #HumanRights convention 👇

🔗 lordslibrary.parliament.uk/75th-anniver...

#ECHR

Graphic: Ongoing caseload of the European Court of Human Rights at year end

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Mar 5

New call for papers for a conference on the impact of the Human Rights Act across multiple areas of law after 25 years in effect. Conference being put together by @echrhawk.bsky.social and @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social at @lawatleeds.bsky.social this September:

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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · Mar 4

The subject of this year's conference - #HumanRights under #Pressure - could not be more topical...
Join us.

Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · Mar 4

Join us tomorrow at 1pm (GMT) for our Annual Human Rights Conference on 'Human Rights under Pressure'.

Keynotes by Baroness Shami Chakrabarti & Prof Conor Gearty.
Panel presentations by @tessakhan.bsky.social, @aoifenolan.bsky.social, Mando Rachovitsa & Wanda Wyporska.

Register: bit.ly/4aN6MCe

13:00–13:05: Welcome & Introduction (Aoife Nolan)
13:05–14:00: Keynote address by Professor Conor Gearty (Introduction by Aoife Nolan) – Subverting Human Rights: The Role of Anti-Terrorism Law
14:00–14:10: Break (10 minutes)
14:10–15:40: Panel on Human Rights under Pressure (Chair – Scarlett McCardle)
- Tessa Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Uplift;
- Professor Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law / Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham; - Dr Mando Rachovitsa, Associate Professor in Human Rights Law / Deputy Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham;
- Dr Wanda Wyporska, Chief Executive Officer of Safe Passage International.
15:40–15:50: Break (10 minutes)
15:50–16:45: Keynote address by Baroness Shami Chakrabarti (Introduction by Mando Rachovitsa) – Human Rights and the Case for the Defence
16:45–16:50: Closing remarks (Mando Rachovitsa)
16:50–17:30: Drinks Reception & book signing

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Dublin European Law Institute (DELI) @deli-dcu.bsky.social · Feb 27

🎤 Panel on Russia, the Council of Europe & the European Convention on Human Rights: A Troubled Membership & Its Legacy.

Moderated by Dr. Tanya Ní Mhuirthile, with insights from Dr. Ed Bates, Prof. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Dr. Andrew Forde.

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