ECHR Law Review Issue 2 is Now Available Online

The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (ECHR Law Review) is a scholarly journal devoted exclusively to the Convention system. The second issue of the ECHR Law Review is now available online. It contains articles, book reviews, an interview and editorial note on such topical issues as the current pandemic, Court's authority and the rule of law backsliding, as well as more foundational topics concerning the execution of judgments, the argumentation before and review by the Court. Some articles are open access and others can be downloaded for free by following the instructions here. 

Contributors to this issue include the current president, a former judge and a former deputy registrar of the Strasbourg Court, and eminent and emerging scholars working on the Convention system. Here is the full list of contributions:

 

Editorial

Authors: Vassilis P Tzevelekos and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou
Normal as Usual? Human Rights in Times of covid-19

Interview

Authors: Mikael Rask Madsen and Robert Spano

Authority and Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights

 

Articles

Author: Wolfgang Benedek
Are the Tools of the Council of Europe Sufficient to Protect Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law from Backsliding?

 

Author: Ineta Ziemele
Liberal Values, Covid-19 and the Judiciary

 

Author: Conall Mallory

A Traffic-Light System of State Arguments before the European Court of Human Rights

 

Author: Janneke Gerards

Abstract and Concrete Reasonableness Review by the European Court of Human Rights

 

Author: Elif Erken
The Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations and National Human Rights Institutions in the Execution of Judgments of the Strasbourg Court

 

Book Reviews

Author: Michael O’Boyle

Lethal Force, the Right to Life and the echr: Narratives of Death and Democracy, written by Stephen Skinner

 

Author: Dimitrios Kagiaros

Courting Gender Justice: Russia, Turkey, and the European Court of Human Rights, written by Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Valerie Sperling and Melike Sayoglu

 

Author: Gerd Oberleitner
The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human Rights: Between Collective Enforcement of Human Rights and International Dispute Settlement, written by Isabella Risini

 

Author: Antal Berkes
The European Convention on Human Rights and General International Law, edited by Anne van Aaken and Iulia Motoc

 

Author: Alice Donald
Principled Resistance to ECtHR Judgments – A New Paradigm?, edited by Marten Breuer