The years of 2019 and 2020 offered the opportunity to commemorate four anniversaries: On 4
November 2020 it was 70 years ago that the ECHR was signed. Ten years later the ECtHR began
its work. The Council of Europe had its 70th anniversary on 5 May 2019. Finally the European
Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) established in 1990 could celebrate
its 30th birthday. These jubilees offer a good reason to take a look at how these institutions
have contributed to making human rights and the rule of law a matter of common interest in
Europe and what their present condition is. This volume contains the contributions on this
topic held at the Walter-Hallstein Symposium on 5 and 6 March 2020. With contributions by Prof.
Dr. Veronika Bi¿lkovä Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich LL.M. Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann Prof.
Dr. Stefan Kadelbach LL.M. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wilfried Loth Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c.
Angelika Nußberger Prof. Dr. Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Schmahl LL.M.
