The Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has issued a draft declaration ahead of the High Level Conference of foreign ministers of the 47 states in Copenhagen on 12-13 April 2018. Here, we argue that the Draft Copenhagen Declaration poses a grave risk to the independence, integrity and…

Much has been written recently about the legal ramifications of events in Ukraine, but there was a new development last week when the European Court of Human Rights granted interim measures in an inter-state case brought by Ukraine against Russia. The case was lodged on 13 March, and on the same day the Strasbourg Court issued…

Last September, Erik Fribergh, the Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, told Government representatives on the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) that 'the Court is ... not equipped to deal with large scale abuses of human rights. It cannot settle war-like conflicts between States.' Yet, as Fribergh noted, the Court is increasingly being called on…