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ERA: Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on Access to a Court

Europäische Rechtsakademie (ERA)

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Date

30 Nov 2017 to 01 Dec 2017

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Event Description

Strasbourg, 30 November - 1 December 2017

Deadline for registration if you want to attend the visit of the
European Court of Human Rights: 16 November 2017

Objective

This seminar will provide legal practitioners with an update on the case law developed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – mainly in 2015, 2016 and 2017 – on the right of access to a court under Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”).

Key topics

The State immunity plea
The question of universal civil
jurisdiction for acts of torture
Placement of persons on a UN
sanction list
Forced hospitalisation of
persons of unsound mind and
incapacitation proceedings
Access to courts of appeal and
cassation
Legal aid proceedings and court
fees
Submitting a case to the
Strasbourg Court

Speakers

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Boglárka Benkó, Registry Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Sanja Jovičić, Course Director, European Public Law Section, ERA, Trier

Lisa Rodgers, Lecturer, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester

Jürgen Schur, Head of Law and Policy, REDRESS, London

Gabriel Toggenburg, Senior Legal Adviser, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna

Dovydas Vitkauskas, Senior Expert on Judicial Reform, Venice Commission and Council of Europe, Vilnius

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Language: English

Organiser: ERA (Sanja Jovičić)

Event number: 417D70

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