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This insightful book considers how the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is faced with numerous challenges which emanate from authoritarian and populist tendencies arising across its member states. It argues that it is now time to reassess how the ECHR responds to such challenges to the protection of human rights in the light of its historical origins. Written by a group of established and emerging experts from diverse backgrounds, this book offers a fresh perspective on the questions and challenges facing the ECHR, bringing together different, and thus far isolated, strands of academic and political debate. Contributions combine historiographical insights with explorations of the current and pressing need for the ECHR to find a role for itself, especially in an environment where there is increased scepticism towards the idea of human rights protection. In particular, the critical conception of the Convention as an 'alarm bell mechanism' is examined and assessed in relation to its original goal to prevent authoritarian backsliding. The European Court of Human Rights: Current Challenges in Historical Perspective will be an important source of reference to academic researchers and students with an interest in human rights, international law and the law and politics of international organisations. It will also appeal to policymakers and legal practitioners due to its examination of pertinent legal and political issues that challenge international organisations.

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'An original, unique and fundamental contribution to the widespread debate on the very idea of an international system for protecting human rights that directly affects the European Court of Human Rights, ''the conscience of Europe''. In revisiting history from a contemporary perspective, this work provides an outstanding critical analysis of the Court's alarm bell function in the most sensitive areas of human rights. An illuminating book in which the past enlightens the present. A must-read for everyone in the field.' - Francoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights 'In what ways can the study of history inform current debates about the European Court of Human Rights? Uniting some of the academy's most thoughtful writers on the European Court, this volume explores the uses, misuses and insights of history in analyzing both the Court's jurisprudence and its evermore contested political role. The volume provides depth to current debates and will speak to lawyers, legal scholars, and historians of Europe alike.' - Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US

'An original, unique and fundamental contribution to the widespread debate on the very idea of an international system for protecting human rights that directly affects the European Court of Human Rights, the conscience of Europe . In revisiting history from a contemporary perspective, this work provides an outstanding critical analysis of the Court's alarm bell function in the most sensitive areas of human rights. An illuminating book in which the past enlightens the present. A must-read for everyone in the field.' -- Francoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights

'An original, unique and fundamental contribution to the widespread debate on the very idea of an international system for protecting human rights that directly affects the European Court of Human Rights, the conscience of Europe . In revisiting history from a contemporary perspective, this work provides an outstanding critical analysis of the Court's alarm bell function in the most sensitive areas of human rights. An illuminating book in which the past enlightens the present. A must-read for everyone in the field.' -- Francoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights 'In what ways can the study of history inform current debates about the European Court of Human Rights? Uniting some of the academy's most thoughtful writers on the European Court, this volume explores the uses, misuses and insights of history in analyzing both the Court's jurisprudence and its evermore contested political role. The volume provides depth to current debates and will speak to lawyers, legal scholars, and historians of Europe alike.' -- Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US

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Edited by Helmut Philipp Aust, Professor of Public and International Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Co-Chair of the ILA Committee on 'Urbanisation and International Law' and Esra Demir-Gürsel, Georg Forster Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

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