Cross-border Human Rights and Environmental Damages Litigation in Europe: Recent Case Law in the UK – From Conflict of Laws.net – by Matthias Weller – 27 March 2018 Over the last few years, litigation in European courts against gross human rights violations and widespread environmental disasters has intensified. Recent case law shows that victims domiciled in […]
Day: March 29, 2018
CEPEJ – Online survey about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial systems – deadline 6 April 2018
In the framework of a study led by the CEPEJ (the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice), the Working Group on quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) would like to gather relevant experience in the Council of Europe’s member States about current applications of artificial intelligence (mainly machine learning) in the justice field. You would not […]
33rd René Cassin advocacy competition – Council of Europe – 4-6 April 2018
The 33rd René Cassin advocacy competition, consisting of mock legal proceedings in French based on the European Convention on Human Rights and open to students of law and political science, will be held at the Council of Europe from 4 to 6 April 2018. The two most successful teams will meet in the final, to […]
“Open Justice” Conference Report – Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg in cooperation with Saarland University
Early February 2018, the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg hosted the conference “Open Justice”, organised in cooperation with Saarland University. The Conference brought together judges and representatives of the highest European and national courts, academics, legal practitioners, and legal journalists. It provided them with a platform to […]
