Ed Bates
@edbatesechr.bsky.social
Academic interested in human rights, esp the ECHR - christian - (Norwich City fan) - writing in personal capacity. RTs not endorsement.
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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
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
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
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
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
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
How depressing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTj...
*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
July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
*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...
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
July 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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📢 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
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
May 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📢 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
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
Extract from recent speech by UK Attorney General which is of clear relevance to UK-ECHR relations: www.gov.uk/government/s...
May 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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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 ...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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...
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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
May 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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...
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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...
brill.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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...
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
May 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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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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
May 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A distinguished (and unpolitical) shortlist for the Parliamentary Assembly to choose from www.gov.uk/government/n...
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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
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
March 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
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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This was indeed an excellent and lively session, and interested people should catch up the recording/transcript as soon as it is available
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 👇
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
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This was indeed an excellent and lively session, and interested people should catch up the recording/transcript as soon as it is available
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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
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
March 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
Conference can now be viewed online: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0G...
#DCU #CoE
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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.
1.
Now that the technical ground work is done the question is whether there is political will to establish the tribunal.
Far from certain.
1.
March 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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.
1.
Now that the technical ground work is done the question is whether there is political will to establish the tribunal.
Far from certain.
1.
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ICYMI call for papers for conference in September on the impact of the HRA across different disciplines of law
CALL FOR PAPERS: 25 Years of the Human Rights Act (University of Leeds, 18 September 2025). Deadline for abstracts 1 April.
March 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
ICYMI call for papers for conference in September on the impact of the HRA across different disciplines of law
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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
Very clear @houseoflords.parliament.uk briefing on the 75th anniversary of the #HumanRights convention 👇
🔗 lordslibrary.parliament.uk/75th-anniver...
#ECHR
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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
Very clear @houseoflords.parliament.uk briefing on the 75th anniversary of the #HumanRights convention 👇
🔗 lordslibrary.parliament.uk/75th-anniver...
#ECHR
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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:
March 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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The subject of this year's conference - #HumanRights under #Pressure - could not be more topical...
Join us.
Join us.
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
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
March 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The subject of this year's conference - #HumanRights under #Pressure - could not be more topical...
Join us.
Join us.
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🎤 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.
Moderated by Dr. Tanya Ní Mhuirthile, with insights from Dr. Ed Bates, Prof. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Dr. Andrew Forde.
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🎤 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.
Moderated by Dr. Tanya Ní Mhuirthile, with insights from Dr. Ed Bates, Prof. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Dr. Andrew Forde.
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social '... ECHR rulings morphed so fundamentally that they now limit our ability to control our borders...' - really? Please justify with facts. Re 'Rwanda ruling': ECHR/ Int law held unlawful as R was unsafe so not unlawful per se - as to the law in issue UKSC stated:
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social '... ECHR rulings morphed so fundamentally that they now limit our ability to control our borders...' - really? Please justify with facts. Re 'Rwanda ruling': ECHR/ Int law held unlawful as R was unsafe so not unlawful per se - as to the law in issue UKSC stated:
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#OnThisDay in 1982, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that using corporal punishment in UK schools, against parents’ wishes, was not OK.
The practice was subsequently banned, benefitting generations of British children.
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/impac...
#ECHR
The practice was subsequently banned, benefitting generations of British children.
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/impac...
#ECHR
Teachers stop hitting children after Scottish mums complain to Strasbourg - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int
<p>Grace Campbell and Jane Cosans sent their children to state schools which continued to allow the use of corporal punishment. The two mothers complained to the European court, which found that this ...
www.coe.int
February 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#OnThisDay in 1982, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that using corporal punishment in UK schools, against parents’ wishes, was not OK.
The practice was subsequently banned, benefitting generations of British children.
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/impac...
#ECHR
The practice was subsequently banned, benefitting generations of British children.
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/impac...
#ECHR
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🚨Deadline to Register for the conference on the role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit of peace, justice and accountability In Ukraine (27 February) is this Friday🚨
Minister for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne + DSG of the @coe.int Bjorn Berge amongst the great line up of speakers.
Minister for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne + DSG of the @coe.int Bjorn Berge amongst the great line up of speakers.
📣 Reminder! Join next week's DELI conference (in-person/online) to discuss the Council of Europe’s role in peace, justice & accountability in #Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Closing address: Dariusz Mazur, Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland.
🚨 Register by Feb 21 → bit.ly/4gjwE9Q
Closing address: Dariusz Mazur, Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland.
🚨 Register by Feb 21 → bit.ly/4gjwE9Q
February 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🚨Deadline to Register for the conference on the role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit of peace, justice and accountability In Ukraine (27 February) is this Friday🚨
Minister for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne + DSG of the @coe.int Bjorn Berge amongst the great line up of speakers.
Minister for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne + DSG of the @coe.int Bjorn Berge amongst the great line up of speakers.
@echr.coe.int Update on applications concerning the conflicts and war in Ukraine... hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press#{%...
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@echr.coe.int Update on applications concerning the conflicts and war in Ukraine... hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press#{%...