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Andrew Forde
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Assistant Professor of European Human Rights Law at Dublin City University. Human rights, international law, conflict + political contestation, Europe, sustainable development.
We hope you've enjoyed reading, and we welcome any and all feedback.

📚The book is available in lots of different formats here : bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/russia-the-c...

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Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights - A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy; In 2022, Russia became the first country to be expelled from the Council of Europe due...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
5) The final post allowed Kanstantsin, Ed and I to reflect and respond to *some* points raised, though there is an awful lot more to be said: www.ejiltalk.org/reflection-o...

We are so grateful to EJIL: Talk!, especially Marko Milanovic and Mary Guest for the fantastic opportunity.

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Reflection on reviewers’ comments (Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights)
In this reflection piece, we will offer a few brief observations on the blog posts authored by Alice Donald, Kirill Koroteev and Nils Muižnieks, to whom we are most grateful. The three contributions a...
www.ejiltalk.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
4) The fourth post offers the perspective of a Russian civil society activist-lawyer Kirill Koroteev: www.ejiltalk.org/the-council-...

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The Council of Europe and Russia Relationship: A view from Russian Civil Society
After the Interstellar movie came out a meme started circulating among Russian human rights lawyers. Depicting protagonists on a faraway planet the picture had a caption saying, “One hour on this plan...
www.ejiltalk.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
3) The third post gave the unique and insightful perspective of a former Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks:
www.ejiltalk.org/russia-and-t...

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Russia and the Council of Europe: The troubled membership from the perspective of a Commissioner for Human Rights
The volume Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights should be essential reading for a number of different audiences.  It is very useful to have a detailed documentatio...
www.ejiltalk.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
2) The second post provided fantastic insights and analysis by Prof Alice Donald, (Middlesex University): www.ejiltalk.org/dousing-the-...

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Dousing the fire in the democratic forest: Lessons for the Council of Europe from Russia
Could the Council of Europe (CoE) have done more to confront the belligerence, backsliding and bad faith that culminated in Russia’s expulsion? Judge Pavli’s remarkable separate opinion in the case of...
www.ejiltalk.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
1) The first post by Ed Bates, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and myself provides an overview of the book: www.ejiltalk.org/russia-the-c...

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September 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Enjoy. Such an amazing country. (You should come to Dublin soon!)
June 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What brings you to Delhi? 🙂
June 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM