March 29, 2024
Dear readers, In February, we presented you with this year’s edition of our annual Strasbourg Observers Best & Worst Poll, in which we asked you to vote for your preferred candidates as shortlisted for the categories of Best Judgment of 2023, Worst Judgment of 2023, and Best Separate Opinion of 2023. We would like to […]
February 16, 2024
Dear readers, With the holiday season now well behind us, we are taking the opportunity to look back and reflect on 2023. After the turbulent year that was 2022, 2023 did not exactly turn out to be less challenging in terms of the human rights related issues that have arisen – and continue to arise. […]
March 14, 2023
In February, we presented our readers with the 2022 Strasbourg Observers Best & Worst Poll, in which we asked you to vote for your preferred candidates as shortlisted for the categories of Best Judgment of 2022, Worst Judgment of 2022, and Best Separate Opinion of 2022. We would like to thank everyone who participated in […]
February 02, 2023
Dear readers, The year 2022 has been tempestuous for the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. Most notably, of course, was the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The return of war on the European continent and the human suffering associated with it highlight the importance of defending human rights, democracy and the […]
March 29, 2022
Dear readers, In February, we presented you with the 2021 Strasbourg Observers Best & Worst Poll, in which we asked you to vote for your preferred candidates as shortlisted for the categories of Best Judgment of 2021, Worst Judgment of 2021, and Best Separate Opinion of 2021. We would like to thank each and every […]