The travaux préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights are now accessible online, in open access and in a searchable format.
ECHR Travaux Préparatoires Open Access Online
https://www.echrblog.com/2026/01/echr-travaux-preparatoires-open-access.html
#echr #europeanconventiononhumanrights #ecthr #humanrights #humanrightsresearch #openaccess
I notice a number of comparisons being made between the Palestine Action hunger strikers & Bobby Sands. What is overlooked in these, is that Bobby Sands was a convicted prisoner whereas the current hunger strikers have not been convicted of any crime but have been imprisoned since November 2024 for an *allegation* of criminal damage.
Why have they not been released on bail, and if there is some need to detain them why have they not had early trial dates set?
I notice a number of comparisons being made between the Palestine Action hunger strikers & Bobby Sands. What is overlooked in these, is that Bobby Sands was a convicted prisoner whereas the current hunger strikers have not been convicted of any crime but have been imprisoned since November 2024 for an *allegation* of criminal damage.
Why have they not been released on bail, and if there is some need to detain them why have they not had early trial dates set?
Started my visit to #Italy by engaging with civil society representatives. Insightful exchanges on child poverty and the national #HumanRights architecture. It was also a privilege to address Universitá Roma Tre on States' duty to protect the integrity of the #ECHR
#childrights
Oggi #13gennaio è la #GiornataMondialeDelDialogoTraReligioniEOmosessualità ⛪🌈
Guardando al caso contro il vescovo greco-ortodosso Lenis del 2023 e ai principi della #CEDU, Andreas Kowatsch analizza il limite fra libertà di professare il proprio credo e discorso d'odio.
⬇️Disponibile in #openaccess qui: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/statoechiese/article/view/26664
We must preserve Europe's #HumanRights system; be evidence-based, rejecting false claims and dangerous associations of #migration with criminality. Uphold the law and the universality of rights. Respect for everyone's rights secures a safe state. It is not a zero-sum game. 👇 #ECHR #CouncilofEurope
Glad to meet and prolong the discussion on #migration policies, law and facts with the Minister of Justice of Ireland post-Informal Justice Ministers Conference. #ECHR #HumanRights
There has been a lot in the news about Starmer trying to curb the effect of the ECHR on asylum claims. But despite searching (and reading many sources), I can't find anything on the number of asylum claims this would impact.
Does anyone have any data on this? I can't help thinking it might be a sledgehammer to crack a nut. And it might limit all our rights!
"Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right."
Sneaky underhand bastard. I bet he’s really calling for this because he wants a way to weaken many aspects of human rights, especially trans rights and bodily autonomy. I do hope the #EU and the #ECHR can and will resist. #PerfidiousAlbion #Starmer #Labour
Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/starmer-calls-on-european-leaders-to-modernise-echr-ahead-of-gathering/a847997810.html
Glad to meet and prolong the discussion on #migration policies, law and facts with the Minister of Justice of Ireland post-Informal Justice Ministers Conference. #ECHR #HumanRights
We must preserve Europe's #HumanRights system; be evidence-based, rejecting false claims and dangerous associations of #migration with criminality. Uphold the law and the universality of rights. Respect for everyone's rights secures a safe state. It is not a zero-sum game. 👇 #ECHR #CouncilofEurope
There has been a lot in the news about Starmer trying to curb the effect of the ECHR on asylum claims. But despite searching (and reading many sources), I can't find anything on the number of asylum claims this would impact.
Does anyone have any data on this? I can't help thinking it might be a sledgehammer to crack a nut. And it might limit all our rights!
"Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right."
Sneaky underhand bastard. I bet he’s really calling for this because he wants a way to weaken many aspects of human rights, especially trans rights and bodily autonomy. I do hope the #EU and the #ECHR can and will resist. #PerfidiousAlbion #Starmer #Labour
Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/starmer-calls-on-european-leaders-to-modernise-echr-ahead-of-gathering/a847997810.html
Mark Elliott sees four areas where Labour's shift to worsen the rights of refugees is intended to confront the European Convention on Human Rights:
Removing obligations around destitution;
Reducing weight of private & family life;
(as noted yesterday) changing the threshold for inhumane & degrading treatment;
Shifting legal practice(s) on refugees.
Elliott sees this as explicitly intending to provoke the Courts into conflict with the Govt.
Today, I exchanged with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on my recent work. We discussed urgent priorities: defining human-centred pathways to peace in #Ukraine, securing effective #AI oversight, and the critical need to defend the #ECHR and #HumanRights system. 👇
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/exchange-with-the-committee-of-ministers-human-centred-pathways-to-peace-in-ukraine-ai-oversight-and-defending-the-echr
Mark Elliott sees four areas where Labour's shift to worsen the rights of refugees is intended to confront the European Convention on Human Rights:
Removing obligations around destitution;
Reducing weight of private & family life;
(as noted yesterday) changing the threshold for inhumane & degrading treatment;
Shifting legal practice(s) on refugees.
Elliott sees this as explicitly intending to provoke the Courts into conflict with the Govt.
