July 29, 2025
by Vladislava Stoyanova *** To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Strasbourg Observers Blog, we organised an in-person symposium with scholars, practitioners, and members of the ECtHR on 8–9 May 2025 in Ghent. Connecting in person with so many regular contributors was a wonderful experience and led to engaging dialogue with current and former judges […]
March 11, 2025
Corina Heri On 20 January 2025, the ECtHR issued a Chamber judgment in Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy. This environmental pollution case concerns an area known colloquially as the Terra dei Fuochi (“Land of Fires”) because it is notoriously plagued by the illegal dumping, burying and burning of waste on private land. This decades-long practice, […]
February 14, 2025
By Alfred Benny Auner T.P. died during a ‘heat march’, merely one month into his compulsory military service. Although the decision to hold the march in extreme temperatures was considered ‘problematic’ by national authorities, and the military personnel involved acted negligently after T.P. collapsed, the ECtHR, in its judgment of 26 November 2024, A.P. v. Austria (1718/21), found […]
December 20, 2024
by Vladislava Stoyanova Introduction Validity Foundation on behalf of T.J. v Hungary raises some important questions about the standard of causation in the human rights law reasoning. This blog post does not aim to challenge the conclusion in the judgment that in fact appears very reasonable. This post is rather a continuation of my reflections […]