And talking about EU Accession to the ECHR?
📍 A large Court delegation met today with the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in Luxembourg.
At the heart of discussions was the importance of finding a harmonious and complementary application of European legal standards.
🔗 go.coe.int/4VUdv
At the heart of discussions was the importance of finding a harmonious and complementary application of European legal standards.
🔗 go.coe.int/4VUdv
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And talking about EU Accession to the ECHR?
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The game is on. The next (and third) CJEU opinion on EU accession to the ECHR will be known as Opinion 1/25.
EU and ECHR
Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The game is on. The next (and third) CJEU opinion on EU accession to the ECHR will be known as Opinion 1/25.
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Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
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New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
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The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
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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-...
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-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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-...
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-...
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"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
November 9: A fateful day in the history of Germany – DW – 11/09/2025
From the end of the monarchy to the 1938 pogroms to the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9 is a significant date on the German calendar.
www.dw.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
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📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary.
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary.
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
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🗓️ 4 November marks the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🗓️ 4 November marks the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
⬇️
But what is the Convention?
🟢 It is the heart of a system—unparalleled anywhere in the world—of collective responsibility for human rights protection.
Read more
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Breaking EU rule of law protection news
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Breaking EU rule of law protection news
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
Late on Thursday, the NL Parliament, by majority, instructed the NL government to initiate *Article 259 TFEU State-to-State infringement proceedings against Slovakia* over its recent constitutional change to limit LGBTIQ-rights & to deny supremacy of EU law
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Ever wondered what happened to Retained EU Law and Assimilated EU Law in the United Kingdom. Dr Ghosh, KC, will explain the current (confusing) UK case law. Please join the @eulegalstudies.bsky.social seminar in person or online.
Do not miss our first CELS Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Julian Ghosh on 'Retained EU Law/Assimilated Law: the Current Rules(?)' on Wednesday, 22 October 2025 - 1.00pm, @cambridgelaw.bsky.social B16
What, post-Lipton, are the rules for REUL/AL?
www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
What, post-Lipton, are the rules for REUL/AL?
www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ever wondered what happened to Retained EU Law and Assimilated EU Law in the United Kingdom. Dr Ghosh, KC, will explain the current (confusing) UK case law. Please join the @eulegalstudies.bsky.social seminar in person or online.
Friday treat: this whole - Open Access - collection edited by @conormccormick.bsky.social, David Capper and Norma Dawson has a wonderful, eclectic mix of chapters to delight all those interested in the history of constitutional change.
I chickened out of my long-time working title:
Trains and Borders and Orangemen, Oh My!
But the first sight of a new publication in the wild still feels nice. Thanks to @conormccormick.bsky.social, David Capper and Norma Dawson for assembling this collection:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Trains and Borders and Orangemen, Oh My!
But the first sight of a new publication in the wild still feels nice. Thanks to @conormccormick.bsky.social, David Capper and Norma Dawson for assembling this collection:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Friday treat: this whole - Open Access - collection edited by @conormccormick.bsky.social, David Capper and Norma Dawson has a wonderful, eclectic mix of chapters to delight all those interested in the history of constitutional change.
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Out now! 🐛🐖🐶
The Verfassungsbook “Animal Rights: The Role of the EU Charter” (edited by ESTER HERLIN-KARNELL & MATILDA ARVIDSSON) asks whether fundamental values like dignity, freedom or solidarity are for humans only, or if they should be extended to animals, too.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/
The Verfassungsbook “Animal Rights: The Role of the EU Charter” (edited by ESTER HERLIN-KARNELL & MATILDA ARVIDSSON) asks whether fundamental values like dignity, freedom or solidarity are for humans only, or if they should be extended to animals, too.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Out now! 🐛🐖🐶
The Verfassungsbook “Animal Rights: The Role of the EU Charter” (edited by ESTER HERLIN-KARNELL & MATILDA ARVIDSSON) asks whether fundamental values like dignity, freedom or solidarity are for humans only, or if they should be extended to animals, too.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/
The Verfassungsbook “Animal Rights: The Role of the EU Charter” (edited by ESTER HERLIN-KARNELL & MATILDA ARVIDSSON) asks whether fundamental values like dignity, freedom or solidarity are for humans only, or if they should be extended to animals, too.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/
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My piece for UKCLA on how much of the debate concerning human rights in the UK is about vibes... and wrestling. #ECHR #HRA
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR
It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
My piece for UKCLA on how much of the debate concerning human rights in the UK is about vibes... and wrestling. #ECHR #HRA
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
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‘None of this is being done in secret – the judgments are public – but the changes have barely registered. Judges, whether serving or retired, tend not to speak out. Barristers know on which side their bread is buttered.’
Conor Gearty on the Human Rights Act: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty on the Human Rights Act: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
‘None of this is being done in secret – the judgments are public – but the changes have barely registered. Judges, whether serving or retired, tend not to speak out. Barristers know on which side their bread is buttered.’
Conor Gearty on the Human Rights Act: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty on the Human Rights Act: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social
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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/
That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social).
verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dishonour/
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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/
That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social).
verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dishonour/
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Shocked, shocked to discover that Lord Wolfson's report says exactly what Kemi Badenoch wanted it to say and finds no GFA impediment to the UK leaving the ECHR and that only sunlit policy uplands will result from doing so. A tissue of Conservative wish fulfilment:
share.google/qsYHPBUGr3Ou...
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UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says - BBC News
The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Shocked, shocked to discover that Lord Wolfson's report says exactly what Kemi Badenoch wanted it to say and finds no GFA impediment to the UK leaving the ECHR and that only sunlit policy uplands will result from doing so. A tissue of Conservative wish fulfilment:
share.google/qsYHPBUGr3Ou...
share.google/qsYHPBUGr3Ou...
For info, Lord Wolfson's Advice on UK Membership of the ECHR is available here (accompanied by a letter available from here www.instagram.com/p/DPbJYv-jY-2/) : www.conservatives.com/wolfson-fina...
Wolfson Final Report | Conservatives
Wolfson Final Report
www.conservatives.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
For info, Lord Wolfson's Advice on UK Membership of the ECHR is available here (accompanied by a letter available from here www.instagram.com/p/DPbJYv-jY-2/) : www.conservatives.com/wolfson-fina...
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A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:
caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...
caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:
caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...
caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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What role does the ECHR play in the Belfast/Good Friday agreement? Find out: ukandeu.ac.uk/the-belfast-...
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and Human Rights - UK in a changing Europe
Andrew McCormick explains the role ECHR membership plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement.
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What role does the ECHR play in the Belfast/Good Friday agreement? Find out: ukandeu.ac.uk/the-belfast-...
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It is important to realise how outlandish it is to suggest that the UK leaving the ECHR does not undermine the B/GFA 1998. As @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social point out, it would rip up an essential element of this peace agreement:
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It is important to realise how outlandish it is to suggest that the UK leaving the ECHR does not undermine the B/GFA 1998. As @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social point out, it would rip up an essential element of this peace agreement:
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
The ECHR has been under threat from some in the UK for years; for more light than heat in this debate, these three links are excellent: explainer from @ukandeu.bsky.social; the Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR from @anuragdeb.bsky.social ; the Brexit deal and the ECHR by @stevepeers.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The ECHR has been under threat from some in the UK for years; for more light than heat in this debate, these three links are excellent: explainer from @ukandeu.bsky.social; the Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR from @anuragdeb.bsky.social ; the Brexit deal and the ECHR by @stevepeers.bsky.social
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"The legal position is therefore clear: yes there is provision for a state to leave the ECHR and the Refugee Convention. But doing so comes with both legal and political consequences."
🖊️ @cbarnard.bsky.social explains the impact leaving the ECHR would have on the UK
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
🖊️ @cbarnard.bsky.social explains the impact leaving the ECHR would have on the UK
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard explains the political and legal consequences of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"The legal position is therefore clear: yes there is provision for a state to leave the ECHR and the Refugee Convention. But doing so comes with both legal and political consequences."
🖊️ @cbarnard.bsky.social explains the impact leaving the ECHR would have on the UK
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
🖊️ @cbarnard.bsky.social explains the impact leaving the ECHR would have on the UK
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
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*Brilliant*, as ever, by @profmarkelliott.bsky.social - but I fear the tabloid press/ Reform UK are simply not interested in debate, hence tactical positions adopted by ECHR's defenders? The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/07/09/t...
The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes
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…
publiclawforeveryone.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
*Brilliant*, as ever, by @profmarkelliott.bsky.social - but I fear the tabloid press/ Reform UK are simply not interested in debate, hence tactical positions adopted by ECHR's defenders? The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/07/09/t...