ERA: Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on Detention

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ERA: Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on Detention

Europäische Rechtsakademie (ERA)

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Date

07 Dec 2017 to 08 Dec 2017

Address

Strasbourg

France

Links

Original Press Release

Event Type

M - Seminar, presentation

Section

Global Europe

Event Location

France

Event Description

Objective

The seminar will provide legal practitioners with an update on the case law delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – mainly in 2016 and 2017 – regarding detention matters. The seminar will explain how legal practitioners can make best use of this case law in their day-to-day practice.

Key topics

Detention and human rights: where are Strasbourg’s red lines?
Abuse of pre-trial detention and the right to liberty
Detention and the right to fair trial: Ibrahim and others v. UK: the end of Salduz?
Rights to access to information and communication during detention: how far-reaching is the protection under Strasbourg?
Intersection between the ECtHR case law on detention and EU law regarding the EAW and third-country extradition
Submitting a case to the Strasbourg Court
What happens after judgment?

Speakers

Ralph Bunche, Regional Director – Europe, Fair Trials, Brussels

Catherine Heard, Senior Research Fellow, Director of the World Prison Research Programme, Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck College, University of London

Pamela McCormick, Registry Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Jaanus Tehver, Law Office Tehver & Partners, Tallinn

Optional ECtHR Visit: Participants will have the opportunity to visit the European Court of Human Rights. The visit will include the screening of a documentary followed by a presentation on the role and work of the ECtHR.

Language: English

Organiser: Cornelia Riehle (ERA)

Event number: 317D71

Academy of European Law

Supported by the European Union

Email: info@era.int

For more information, please visit our website at www.era.int.