European Convention on Human Rights

Investigating Historic Human Rights Violations: A Case for Systemic Processes for Victims of Historic Police Misconduct in Ireland

Investigating Historic Human Rights Violations: A Case for Systemic Processes for Victims of Historic Police Misconduct in Ireland

In January 2024, the Irish government brought an inter-state case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The case alleges that the Northern Ireland Troubles...
Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

The principle of non-refoulement – a principle of international law in the Refugee Convention, the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, and several other treaties – prohibits States from...
EU accession to the ECHR ā€“ a short reflection post-CJEU judgment in EU LEX KOSOVO Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P (KS and KD)

EU accession to the ECHR ā€“ a short reflection post-CJEU judgment in EU LEX KOSOVO Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P (KS and KD)

Article 6(2) of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty EUR-Lex – 12008M006 – EN establishes the following obligation: “The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights...
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