Dear readers,

In February, we presented you with this year’s edition of our annual Strasbourg Observers Best & Worst Poll, where we asked you to vote for your preferred candidates as shortlisted for ...

By Prof. Dr. Birgit Peters

Introduction

The Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria case is not the only inadmissibility decision in climate matters following the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR, or the Court) lan...

By Dr. David Mier Galera

Over the last decade, several Central and Eastern European countries have successively elected leaders who reject democratic values. These politicians claim the legitimacy of their popular mandate to dismantle a so-called corrupt elite and portray migrants as an existential threat to the nation’s identity. Abusing their majority mandate, the...

By dr. Natasa Mavronicola

I am grateful to Strasbourg Observers for hosting this symposium on Article 3’s past, present and future, and to Mary Rogan, Rishika Sahgal, Eva Sevrin and Elaine Webster for this rich set of insights offered in the shadow of Chișinău. It is an honour to be among these authors and I can only apologise for stealing the last ...

By Professor Mary Rogan

Prisons provide a special setting for the protections contained in Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is well established that when liberty is deprived, the right to protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is at particular risk (see further