How do we protect the future of Europe’s human rights system? By being legal, factual, firm, and transparent. In my address to the CDDH, I called for an evidence-based approach that upholds the universality of rights and the independence of the European Court of #HumanRights. #ECHR 👇
⚖️Navalnyy v. Russia (no. 4)
➡️ Unlawful imprisonment of Aleksey Navalnyy, failure to assess the risks to his health and life, and subjecting him to inhuman and degrading treatment violated the Convention
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📣 Just published!
📘 Today, the European Court of Human Rights has published its 2025 Annual Report, together with an overview of its case-law.
🔗 Both publications are available for download on the Court’s website:
www.echr.coe.int/w/the-court-...
Congratulations to Petra Bayr from Austria, who has just been elected as the 36th President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe!
Follow her inaugural speech LIVE or with scroll-back here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hw-...
More details on the site soon.
#46_parliaments
Updated list of @ECHR_CEDH #migration-related cases pending execution, prepared by the Department for the Execution of Judgments and published by the @CoE_Migration
www.coe.int/en/web/migra... #ECHR
Quote from the piece by Marco Lo Nardo: “The updated Checklist is a timely reminder that the rule of law is not a static concept, but an evolving set of principles, values and guarantees that must respond to specific and evolving risks and realities.”
In December, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission updated its Rule of Law Checklist.
MARCO LO NARDO explains what this tool does and outlines the main innovations.
verfassungsblog.de/venice-commi...
Summary of interim measures
🗓️ 15 to 26 December 2025
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Communiqué sur les mesures provisoires
🗓️15 au 26 décembre 2025
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Season‘s greetings and best wishes for a happy 2026! ✨
Council of Europe ministers call for a political declaration on migration & #ECHR, plus a new recommendation on migrant smuggling for 2026.
Adoption expected at the May 2026 session in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
ℹ️ go.coe.int/AY9AX
The Department for the Execution of Judgments advises and assists the Committee of Ministers in its supervision functions.
go.coe.int/jetXQ
The Istanbul Convention: The first international legal framework requiring Parties to the Convention to set up legal and other measures in order to protect women against all forms of violence. #CouncilOfEurope @coe.int #InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
#IstanbulConvention
Constructive exchange with #CouncilofEurope CDADI Committee today on prioritising policies and action to secure the #HumanRights of Roma and Travellers.
Read their compelling stories and understand the urgency in my book "THE UNHEARD 12 MILLION"👉 bit.ly/THE-UNHEARD-...
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#Moldova takes over the rotating Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers from #Malta, leading the organisation’s work for the next six months.
Learn more about the Republic of Moldova’s priorities: www.coe.int/en/web/presi...
Never again shall politics control the law and its institutions; instead, it must adhere to the decisions of independent national and international courts and respect their case law.
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-...
It begins ! The 13th World Forum for Democracy is live from Strasbourg.
This year’s theme: “Democracy at risk: how can we revive it?”
Follow the debates until Friday ! Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s0r...
#CoE_WFD
Promotes and protects the fundamental rights of 700 million people: Happy 75th birthday, European Convention on Human Rights! 🎉
#CouncilOfEurope #ECHR #ECtHR
www.europewatchdog.info/en/conventio...
The Council of Europe contends that understanding economic collapses, such as the Great Depression and the 2008 Financial Crisis, can help students resist populist manipulation.
⚖️Judgment Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway
➡️Deferring environmental impact assessment in respect of licences granting petroleum exploration did not breach the Convention hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=...
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
“The ongoing narrative of perpetual ‘cleansing’, accompanied with a great supply of erratic measures to enhance transparency, is highly questionable.” ANDRII NEKOLIAK
The Venice Commission cautions against reformist overreach in Ukraine, warning that the country’s judicial reform risks becoming disproportionate experimentation.
ANDRII NEKOLIAK agrees and argues that the judiciary reform must proceed in a more measured way:
verfassungsblog.de/ukranian-ref...
Weekly summary of interim measures (week of 6 to 10 October 2025)
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#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
One of Europe’s leading advisory bodies for legal and constitutional matters turns 35 this year: Happy birthday, Venice Commission, and best wishes! #CouncilOfEurope #VeniceCommission
The European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission - is the @coe.int’s advisory body on constitutional law.
The 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission will be celebrated on 11th October in Venice 🇮🇹 with SG @alain-berset.coe.int.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
From 22 to 26 September 2025 the ECHR received 67 requests for interim measures
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Du 22 au 26 septembre 2025, la CEDH a été saisie de 67 demandes de mesures provisoires
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#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
Quote from our post by Alice Donald: “Pushback against the ECtHR over immigration is neither new nor confined to the UK. But what once sounded like fringe rhetoric is now being echoed at the very centre of British Politics.”
Starting this Sunday, the UK Conservatives will hold their annual party conference and possibly adopt a new flagship policy: withdrawal from the ECHR.
That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social).
verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dishonour/
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
The challenges faced by journalists will be a focus of the #PACEautumn2025 session. Highlights include:
▶️ #HavelPrize Award
▶️ President of Malta
▶️ Prime Minister of Armenia
▶️ Reporting from #Gaza
▶️ Ukrainian journalists held in Russia
And more:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/ses...
Open Day at the European Court of Human Rights!
🕚 21 September 2025
📍European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
👉 Discover the Human Rights Building
👉 See the original #ECHR
👉 Learn about the @echr.coe.int's history & function
More info: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
