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From Environmental Jurisprudence to the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Need for a Standalone Convention in Europe
By Sumeyra Arslan and Malgorzata Kwiedacz-Palosz The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR, the Convention) does not explicitly recognise the right to a healthy environment. Nevertheless, environmental protection has featured prominently in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights…
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‘A Court open to all’: open days at the ECtHR
The ECtHR has launched a new initiative that will invite the general public into its premises in Strasbourg on a series of open days. Scheduled to be held on the first Friday of each month, these open days are intended to familiarize…
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New Book: Case Commentary with Focus on Substantive Rights
Gerhard Kreutzer (Legal Officer, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya) has just published a new book entitled ‘The European Convention on Human Rights: Volume I, Substantive Rights: A Case Commentary’. Here is a description of the book: ‘This comprehensive Case Commentary analyses the…
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New ECHR Readings
Please find below our new selection of academic publications about the European Convention on Human Rights and its Court. Happy summer reading! Hannah Katz, ‘The Limited Impact of Rights-Affirming ECtHR Judgments: Contesting Non-Execution in Migration and Border Control Case Law’, Netherlands Quarterly…
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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…
