Posted on 06 December 2011. Tags: Council of Europe, ECHR, ECtHR, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union
In this third and final article about legal integration in Europe the subject is the EU’s forthcoming accession to the ECHR. Those not already familiar with the organizations in question – the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the European Union – are advised to read the two previous articles (here [...]
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Posted on 12 October 2011. Tags: CoE, Council of Europe, ECHR, ECtHR, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights
The previous article in this series focused on the European Union. However, the EU is not the only international organization in Europe promoting a broad European integration. The Council of Europe (CoE) is another influential organization in Europe. It was founded in 1949, which thus makes it older than the EU. In similar fashion as [...]
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Posted on 26 September 2011. Tags: European Commission, European Convention of Human Rights, European Council, European Court of Justice, European Parliament, European Union
This blog post is the first in a series of three where I will be exploring the forthcoming changes of the European Human Rights system. In this post I intend to give an overview of the European Union. The second blog post will focus on the European Convention on Human Rights. Both these posts will [...]
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