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Press conference 2023
President Síofra O’Leary held a press conference on Thursday 26 January 2023. It was streamed live on Internet.
The President of the Court gave an overview of the Court’s activities in 2022 and presented the statistics for the past year. Accompanied by Marialena Tsirli, Registrar, she then took questions from journalists.
Speech by President O’Leary (in French only)
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Press conference 2022
President Robert Spano held a press conference on 25 January 2022. It was streamed live on Internet.
The President of the Court gave an overview of the Court’s activities in 2021 and presented the statistics for the past year. Accompanied by Marialena Tsirli, Registrar, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar, he then took questions from journalists.
Speech by President Spano: English French
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Press conference 2021
President Robert Spano held a press conference on 28 January 2021. It iwas streamed live on Internet.
The President of the Court gave an overview of the Court’s activities in 2020 and presented the statistics for the past year. Accompanied by Marialena Tsirli, Registrar, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar, he then took questions from journalists.
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Press conference 2019
At the ECHR’s annual press conference on 24 January 2019 President Guido Raimondi took stock of the year 2018 and presented the statistics for the past year.
In particular, President Raimondi stated that the number of incoming cases was stable and reiterated the importance of the principle of subsidiarity. He also noted that the main challenge facing the Court was the arrival of cases that were complex or raised new issues.
Speech by President Raimondi (in French only)
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Press conference 2018
Speaking at the Court’s annual press conference on 25 January 2018, President Guido Raimondi reviewed the year 2017 and presented the statistics for the past year.
He referred in particular to the increase in the number of new cases, but said that a large number of applications had been declared inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies. In that connection the President reiterated the importance of the principle of subsidiarity, which requires applicants to exhaust national remedies before applying to the Court.
Speech by President Raimondi (in French only)
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Press conference 2017
Speaking at the annual press conference of the Court on 26 January 2017, President Guido Raimondi took stock of the year 2016 and reported that the volume of incoming cases, after falling over the previous two years, had considerably increased.
This had largely been the result of the situation in three countries: Hungary and Romania, for complaints about detention conditions, and Turkey, especially since the dramatic attempted coup d’état in July 2016.
Press release Speech by President Raimondi (in French only)
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Press conference 2016
Speaking at the annual press conference of the Court on 28 January 2016, President Raimondi took stock of the year 2015 and described the situation generally as satisfactory.
The President pointed out that much work remained to be done and that very close cooperation with the member States was called for, in the spirit of “shared responsibility”. He stressed the need for each member State to ensure that endemic problems were resolved at domestic level rather than being brought before the Court.
Press release Speech by President Raimondi
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Press conference 2015
Speaking at the annual press conference of the Court on 29 January 2015, President Spielmann took stock of the year 2014 and said that the Court had continued to build on the progress made in 2013. He also stressed the need for each member State to ensure that endemic problems were resolved at domestic level rather than being brought before the Court.
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Press conference 2014
Speaking at the annual press conference of the Court on 30 January 2014, President Spielmann looked back over 2013 and said that the Court’s work had been quite remarkable, building on the good results from 2012.
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Press conference 2013
The Court held its annual press conference on 24 January 2013. On this occasion, Dean Spielmann, the President of the Court, reviewed the Court’s activities in 2012, which he described as an exceptional year for the Court, and presented its annual statistics.
Speech by President Spielmann (in French only)
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Press conference 2012
The Court held its annual press conference on Thursday 26 January 2012. On this occasion, Nicolas Bratza, the President of the Court, presented a summary of the Court’s activities and its statistics for 2011. He said that the European governments must assume their part of the shared responsibility for the protection of human rights across the continent.
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Press conference 2011
The Court held its annual press conference on Thursday 27 January 2011. On this occasion, Jean-Paul Costa, the President of the Court, presented a summary of the Court’s activities and its statistics for 2010 and gave an overview of the reforms that have been implemented since the Interlaken conference in 2010.
During the press conference, President Costa made public the first joint declaration of the Presidents of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the European Union's forthcoming accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Press release Text of the joint declaration
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Press conference 2010
The President of the Court, Jean-Paul Costa, expresses optimism about prospects for reform of the Convention during its annual press conference on Thursday 28 January 2010
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50 years of activity : the European Court of Human Rights in facts and figures
Press conference 2009
At the annual press conference of the Court, President Costa, said that on the occasion of the Court’s 50th anniversary this year a very positive assessment could be made of the Court’s impact over the last fifty years. The Court also issued some statistical information at the press conference.
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Press conference 2008
The Court held its traditional annual press conference on Wednesday 23 January 2008. The President of the Court, Jean-Paul Costa, told journalists that 2008 would be “the year of hope after a year of disappointments”. The Court also issued some statistical information at the press conference. Watch the press conference videos.
Press release (in French only)
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Press conference 2007
Speaking at the Court’s annual press conference in Strasbourg, President Jean-Paul Costa (French) expressed his concern that the long-awaited Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights is still not in place at the beginning of 2007, as had been hoped.
Webcast of the press conference: Part 1, Part 2
Press conference concerning the launch of webcasting
At a press conference held in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, the Court’s President Jean-Paul Costa and Irish Ambassador to the Council of Europe James Sharkey gave journalists a preview of a future webcast which will enable journalists and the public to view the Court’s hearings from anywhere in the world and to download extracts of interest.
Webcast of the launch: Part 1, Part 2
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