15 January 2026 - 15 January 2026
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Durham University, Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) Room 040
Free Event
This workshop aims to explore how the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on Armed Conflict, Terrorism, and National Security has developed over the last 30 years.
Durham Law School
Speakers Include:
Professor Isabella Risini, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, GermanyProfessor Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Bristol University, UKDr Daniella Lock, Kings College London, UKDr Andrew Forde, Dublin City University, IrelandDr Conall Mallory, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern IrelandDr Jane Rooney, Durham Law School, UK
Session 1: Chair – Dr Dimitrios Kagiaros
13:15 – 13:30: Welcome and Introduction to the themes of the workshop by Jane Rooney and Dimitrios Kagiaros.
13:30 – 14:00: The autonomous right: an exception to the spatial/personal paradigm under art 1 ECHR
Dr Jane Rooney, Durham Law School, Dr Conal Mallory, Queen’s University, Belfast
14:00 – 14:30: On Foxes Guarding the Chickens, and the Other Foxes
Professor Isabella Risini, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Germany
14:30 – 15:00: Detention in Counterterrorism and Armed Conflict
Professor Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Bristol University
Session 2 Chair – Dr Jessie Blackbourn
15:30 - 16:00: Mass Surveillance at the ECtHR
Dr Daniella Lock, Kings College London
16:00 – 16:30: The Council of Europe as an Emerging Transitional Justice Actor
Dr Andrew Forde, Dublin City University, Ireland
16:30 – 17:00: Summary, Roundtable discussion and next steps
