Backlash against the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is heavily driven by immigration and is often a direct reaction to it. This is not a new phenomen…

YouTube video by Prosperity Institute

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…

A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998. Few ...

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.

YouTube video by Dublin European Law Institute (DELI)

<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 ...

Government proposals to streamline judicial review of decisions to permit major infrastructure projects have been branded ‘Trumpian’. As well as being misplaced, such criticisms risk in…

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

Consideration of the United Kingdom.

Belarus has been allegedly 'sending' migrants into the EU for years. Several EU member states are now facing legal scrutiny for their own actions in the affair.

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

🚨Register to attend the DCU/DFA Conference on the Role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit of peace, justice and accountability In Ukraine at Dublin City…

On February 4, 2025, the Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (the Core Group) laid down the legal...

Join us on 27 February at Dublin City University (DCU), Glasnevin, or online for a high-level conference on The Role of the Council of Europe in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice & Accountability in Ukrai...

The UCL Institute for Human Rights Annual Lecture 2025