22 May 2025, 18:30-20:00
Geneva Academy Talks
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Inter-State applications under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have been increasingly used in the last two decades. Most of those applications are related to armed conflict. Compared to individual applications, the inter-State complaint procedure under the ECHR has certain advantages (enabling actio popularis, less stringent admissibility criteria). Nonetheless, the recent rise in such applications has also brought significant challenges for the European Court of Human Rights.
The presentation from Judge Lətif Hüseynov will mainly focus on those challenges, in particular the determination of a State’s extraterritorial jurisdiction in armed conflicts, the interaction between inter-State cases and overlapping individual applications, the use of interim measures in inter-State cases and the execution of inter-State judgements.
The Geneva Academy Talks (previously 'IHL Talks') consist of a series of events on contemporary issues of international law in armed conflicts and post-conflict situations. They target academics, practitioners and policy-makers – representatives from states, the United Nations and other relevant international organizations – as well as civil society. This activity is open to all students and Executive Master participants.
This event will be followed by drinks.
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