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📘 The official edition of the “Preparatory Work” of the Convention is now available in digital format.
➡️ This fully searchable digital PDF has been made possible thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, which digitised all eight volumes free of charge.
www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...
➡️ This fully searchable digital PDF has been made possible thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, which digitised all eight volumes free of charge.
www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📘 The official edition of the “Preparatory Work” of the Convention is now available in digital format.
➡️ This fully searchable digital PDF has been made possible thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, which digitised all eight volumes free of charge.
www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...
➡️ This fully searchable digital PDF has been made possible thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, which digitised all eight volumes free of charge.
www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...
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As I wrote here in 2021, the last three British judges to serve as members of the EU judiciary were snubbed by last Conservative government. Finally, all have received the recognition they deserved.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/injustices...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/injustices...
Injustices put right
Snubbed judges finally recognised
rozenberg.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
As I wrote here in 2021, the last three British judges to serve as members of the EU judiciary were snubbed by last Conservative government. Finally, all have received the recognition they deserved.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/injustices...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/injustices...
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'Winter Sea' 1960
by UK painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt ❄️
by UK painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt ❄️
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
'Winter Sea' 1960
by UK painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt ❄️
by UK painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt ❄️
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Essential reading for those interested in the process of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights and the risks involved, by @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social on @ejiltalk.bsky.social
www.ejiltalk.org/countdown-to...
www.ejiltalk.org/countdown-to...
Countdown to Chișinău: The Risk of Politicising the ECHR over Migration
It is ironic that Ministers of Justice of the 46 Council of Europe (CoE) member states convened on International Human Rights Day to discuss how they might reduce the scope of their obligations under ...
www.ejiltalk.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Essential reading for those interested in the process of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights and the risks involved, by @drandrewforde.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social on @ejiltalk.bsky.social
www.ejiltalk.org/countdown-to...
www.ejiltalk.org/countdown-to...
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CJEU, border controls
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
December 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
CJEU, border controls
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
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75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges.
Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future.
verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
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New article out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social in a significant special issue edited by @livunislsj.bsky.social's Katie Johnston. A wake up call for both the NI Bill of Rights debate and to public lawyers across the UK to watch out for developments under Scotland's UNCRC Act:
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New article out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social in a significant special issue edited by @livunislsj.bsky.social's Katie Johnston. A wake up call for both the NI Bill of Rights debate and to public lawyers across the UK to watch out for developments under Scotland's UNCRC Act:
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
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Reposted by Carole Lyons
Veronika Fikfak: ECHR Reform: A Danger of Contagion in Relation to Article 3 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/09/v...
Veronika Fikfak: ECHR Reform: A Danger of Contagion in Relation to Article 3
On Wednesday 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day, Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe will meet in Strasbourg to discuss how the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) should …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Veronika Fikfak: ECHR Reform: A Danger of Contagion in Relation to Article 3 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/09/v...
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I recently completed an article for a special issue of the European Law Review on the fundamentals of EU law revisited (for ELRev's 50th birthday). "Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked". Delighted to be able to post my author's copy on here via SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked
The phrase "ever closer union" has been present in what are now the EU Treaties since 1957. This article presents a diagnosis of its role within the f
papers.ssrn.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I recently completed an article for a special issue of the European Law Review on the fundamentals of EU law revisited (for ELRev's 50th birthday). "Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked". Delighted to be able to post my author's copy on here via SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Our new book "Politics of Memory Laws: Russia, Ukraine & Beyond" (co-edited with A. Gliszczyńska-Grabias, M. Mälksoo & A. Nußberger) is out with @hartpublishing.bsky.social! - How laws on historical memory shape war & security in 🇷🇺, 🇺🇦, their neighbours & Europe: www.bloomsbury.com/us/politics-...
The Politics of Memory Laws
This open access book explores the political utility and consequences of memory laws with a focus on how militant memory laws frame, underpin and generate inter…
www.bloomsbury.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our new book "Politics of Memory Laws: Russia, Ukraine & Beyond" (co-edited with A. Gliszczyńska-Grabias, M. Mälksoo & A. Nußberger) is out with @hartpublishing.bsky.social! - How laws on historical memory shape war & security in 🇷🇺, 🇺🇦, their neighbours & Europe: www.bloomsbury.com/us/politics-...
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Germany has agreed to return to Poland a collection of 73 medieval documents that were looted during WWII.
The culture minister has hailed it as "the most important and valuable return of stolen cultural heritage in modern Polish history".
The culture minister has hailed it as "the most important and valuable return of stolen cultural heritage in modern Polish history".
Germany agrees to return medieval documents looted by the Nazis to Poland
notesfrompoland.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Germany has agreed to return to Poland a collection of 73 medieval documents that were looted during WWII.
The culture minister has hailed it as "the most important and valuable return of stolen cultural heritage in modern Polish history".
The culture minister has hailed it as "the most important and valuable return of stolen cultural heritage in modern Polish history".
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Interesting initiative by the law firm CDH: A new podcast on German #reparations to Namibia whose first episode discusses the historical and legal context of the case.
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/podc...
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/podc...
The reparations in German Colonial Namibia Podcast Series - Episode 1
We are pleased to launch the first episode of our new CDH Conversations podcast series, Thereparations in German Colonial Namibia. This series explores the landmark case currently before theHigh Court...
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Interesting initiative by the law firm CDH: A new podcast on German #reparations to Namibia whose first episode discusses the historical and legal context of the case.
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/podc...
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/podc...
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We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
And talking about EU Accession to the ECHR?
📍 A large Court delegation met today with the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in Luxembourg.
At the heart of discussions was the importance of finding a harmonious and complementary application of European legal standards.
🔗 go.coe.int/4VUdv
At the heart of discussions was the importance of finding a harmonious and complementary application of European legal standards.
🔗 go.coe.int/4VUdv
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And talking about EU Accession to the ECHR?
Reposted by Carole Lyons
The game is on. The next (and third) CJEU opinion on EU accession to the ECHR will be known as Opinion 1/25.
EU and ECHR
Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The game is on. The next (and third) CJEU opinion on EU accession to the ECHR will be known as Opinion 1/25.
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Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
Reposted by Carole Lyons
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
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"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
November 9: A fateful day in the history of Germany – DW – 11/09/2025
From the end of the monarchy to the 1938 pogroms to the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9 is a significant date on the German calendar.
www.dw.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
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📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary.
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary.
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
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🗓️ 4 November marks the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🗓️ 4 November marks the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
⬇️
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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Breaking EU rule of law protection news
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Breaking EU rule of law protection news
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law