As usual in January of each year, Guido Raimondi, President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), presented an overview of the institution's activities for the previous year.
The President welcomed France's ratification of Protocol 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights. This tenth ratification made it possible, in August 2018, for this new instrument to enter into force, allowing national higher courts to request an advisory opinion from the ECHR before taking a...