On January 26th, 2018 the European Court of Human Rights organized in Strasbourg the opening of the new judicial year. Around 300 eminent figures from the European judicial scene have been invited to participate at a seminar on “The Authority of the Judiciary” organised for this special occasion. In the evening, at the solemn hearing which followed the seminar, Mr Guido Raimondi, President of the European Court of Human Rights, addressed a powerful speech to the audience composed by the judges of the Strasbourg Court, the General Secretary of the Council of Europe, the Presidents of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts of the Council of Europe member States. Continue reading →