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The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union has just published a note with questions and answers about the accession of the EU to the ECHR. More information from the Council of Europe on the process and its history,
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On 11
December 2025, the Court published its most recent climate ruling: the Fourth
Section’s unanimous decision in Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria.
This is the latest in the Court’s mounting number of inadmissible climate cases – after Plan …
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The MOOC entitled ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An…