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- Thomas Joyce
Overrelying on the Principle of Criminalisation? Vainik and Others v Estonia and the Human Right to Smoke
January 20, 2026
By Dr. Thomas Joyce Introduction In November 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that inmates should not be prohibited from smoking in prison, pursuant to Article 8 of the ECHR. A small number of inmates brought the case against Estonia, after the Estonian Supreme Court (Riigiohus) declared that the complete ban on […]
- Babette De Naeyer
The Bradshaw Show: Disinformation and Election Influence under Strasbourg Scrutiny
January 16, 2026
Read more- Maële Dumontet
E.A et Association européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes au travail v. France: Analysis of the cooperation between the ECtHR and GREVIO to effectively tackle violence against women in Europe
January 13, 2026
Read more- Tobias Mortier
Imanov v. Azerbaijan: when are ulterior motives ‘necessary’ to review?
January 09, 2026
Read more- Zelal Pelin Doğan
Redressing or Acknowledging Human Rights Violations? The Roles of the ECtHR in the Otegi Cases
January 06, 2026
by Zelal Pelin Doğan When the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) finds that a Convention right has been violated, what does that finding ultimately secure for the individual concerned? Does it restore the applicant, as far as possible, to the position they would have occupied absent the violation, or does it increasingly function as […]
- Donatas Murauskas
Delayed effect, immediate consequences: reflections on A.R. v. Poland
December 23, 2025
by Donatas Murauskas On 13 November 2025, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in A.R. v. Poland. The case concerned the Polish legal framework governing the prohibition of abortion on the ground of foetal abnormality, as well as the 2020 ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court, which effectively restricted access to abortion. […]
- Jens T. Theilen
Afterword: What Role for the European Court of Human Rights?
December 22, 2025
Dr. Jens T. Theilen *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosted a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘ This is the concluding post in the symposium. The introduction can be found here. In addition to this post from Jens T. Theilan, […]
- Betül Durmuş
How ‘Relevant’ are UN Treaty Body Views for the European Court of Human Rights’ Progress?
December 19, 2025
By Dr. Betül Durmuş *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘ The introduction to the symposium can be found here. In addition to this post from Betül Durmuş, the symposium includes contributions from Corina Heri, Vera […]
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- Harriet Ní Chinnéide and Tobias Mortier
Progressive is in the eye of the beholder: competing narratives on the ECtHR and its role
December 18, 2025
by Harriet Ní Chinnéide and dr Tobias Mortier *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘ The introduction to the symposium can be found here. In addition to this post from Harriet Ní Chinnéide and […]
- Esra Demir-Gürsel
The ECtHR as a Conservative Institution (even) in the Face of Authoritarianism
December 17, 2025
By Dr Esra Demir-Gürsel *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘ The introduction to the symposium can be found here. In addition to this post from Esra Demir-Gürsel, the symposium includes contributions from Corina […]
- Vera Wriedt
The Right to Nationality: The Conservative Stance of the European Court of Human Rights in Contrast to its Inter-American and African Counterparts
December 16, 2025
By Dr. Vera Wriedt *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘The introduction to the symposium can be found here. In addition to this post from Vera Wriendt, the symposium also includes contributions […]
- Corina Heri
Temporality and the ECHR: A Case for Functional Institutional Survival
December 15, 2025
By Dr Corina Heri *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘The introduction to the symposium can be found here. In addition to this post from Corina Heri, the symposium includes contributions from […]
- Esra Demir-Gürsel
Symposium Introduction: The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?
December 12, 2025
By Dr Esra Demir-Gürsel *** Between the 12th and the 22nd of December, Strasbourg Observers is hosting a blog symposium entitled ‘The Role of the European Court of Human Rights: Progressive, Conservative, or Both?‘ This post introduces the symposium. It also includes posts from Corina Heri, Vera Wriendt, Esra Demir-Gürsel, Harriet Ní Chinnéide and Tobias […]
- Ufuk Yeşil
The ECHR Judgment in Abo v. Turkey: An Analysis of Judicial Resistance, Legal Certainty, and the Limits of Constitutional Review
December 09, 2025
by Dr. Ufuk Yeşil Introduction: Remedying Violations and the Critical Role of the Retrial Mechanism The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), acting as the ultimate supranational authority monitoring whether member states fulfil their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention), regards the effective implementation of its judgments within domestic law not […]
- Vandita Khanna
Seydi and Others v. France: Proving Racial Profiling in Discrimination Law
December 04, 2025
by Vandita Khanna After three recent judgments on racial profiling (analysed here and here), Seydi and Others v France has brought the issue back before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). On 26 June 2025, the Fifth Section found France to have violated Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) in conjunction with Article 8 (right […]
- Margarita S. Ilieva
Ilareva and Others v. Bulgaria: First finding of discrimination by association (procedural) for unremedied online attacks on human rights defenders
December 02, 2025
By Margarita S. Ilieva On 9 September 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court), in Ilareva and Others v. Bulgaria for the first time applied the concept of discrimination by association to human rights defenders (HRDs) targeted by hate speech due to their activism. It found a procedural breach because of a stunted […]
- Christian J Tams
Cyprus v. Turkey – Deadlock in the Committee of Ministers, and a Proposal on How to Break It
November 27, 2025
Dr. Christian J. Tams From 2-4 December 2025, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will meet to discuss compliance with ECtHR judgments. The agenda for the meeting is dense. States increasingly struggle to (or choose not to) ‘abide by the final judgment of the Court in any case in which they are […]
- Strasbourg Observers
Call for Abstracts – Revisiting the ECHR: A Closer Look at Calls for Change
November 25, 2025
**As of September 2025, The Human Rights Research Group at KU Leuven has affiliated with the Human Rights Centre at Ghent University as partners of the Strasbourg Observers blog** Date Conference: 22 May 2026 Location: University of Leuven (Belgium) Conveners: Leuven Centre for Public Law – Human Rights Research Group Keynote speaker: Prof. Başak Çalı […]
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