nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/dbe657140e871101 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251224s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/dbe657140e871101 doi eng 342 23 llieva, Margarita S. Author aut Tampering with the ECtHR - Holding States Accountable for Contempt of Court llieva, Margarita S. Verfassungsblog 2025-12-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On Human Rights Day, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe convened an informal ministerial conference. The reason was that the ECtHR has come under pressure from its member states. Given the ongoing interference with the Court, I propose that the latter should define and apply contempt measures to sanction member states intruding on its independence and impartiality. States that publicly put political pressure on the Court, try to influence its judgments outside of proceedings, misrepresent its case law and role, or disrespect its authority, should face accountability under the ECHR. CC BY-SA 4.0 ECHR ECtHR EU contempt (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/tampering-with-the-ecthr/ raw object