Political declarations are not new to the system established through the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Chișinău Declaration, recently adopted by the Council of Europe’s…

There is a striking hidden controversy at the heart of the recent Chișinău Declaration issued by the members of the Council of Europe on May 15, 2026. All…

On 15 May 2026, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), meeting at ministerial level in Chişinău (Republic of Moldova), adopted a declaration in…

While “[t]oday, Europe faces the perfect storm” that, in the words of the Secretary General, “threatens to undo the peace, stability and hard-won progress the Council of…

Introduction  If a week is a long time in politics, then two years is an eternity for the Council of Europe. At the Reykjavik summit in…

In this reflection piece, we will offer a few brief observations on the blog posts authored by Alice Donald, Kirill Koroteev and Nils Muižnieks, to whom we are…

After the Interstellar movie came out a meme started circulating among Russian human rights lawyers. Depicting protagonists on a faraway planet the picture had a caption saying, “One…

The volume Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights should be essential reading for a number of different audiences.  It is very useful…

Could the Council of Europe (CoE) have done more to confront the belligerence, backsliding and bad faith that culminated in Russia’s expulsion? Judge Pavli’s remarkable separate opinion in…

We are delighted that EJIL:Talk! is convening a symposium on our co-authored book published under the above title, by Bristol University Press earlier this year. This opportunity…