{"podcast":{"title":"Cambridge Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) Podcast","slug":"cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287","podcast_index_feed_id":7108287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/cels-seminars/","website_url":"http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/weekly-seminar-series","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/de738fe6-d8ed-4d7d-804e-963726c6ef94/y2pdterK_MzMTys80kk9twd-.png","author":"Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge","episode_count":178,"summary":"The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, runs a series of lunchtime seminars during the Michaelmas and Lent Terms. These seminars provide a platform for the presentation of new ideas by leading scholars from inside and outside the University. The lunchtime seminars address topical issues of European Union Law and Comparative Law, with a view to using collective debate as a forum for developing and disseminating ideas, and producing high quality research publications which contribute to an understanding of major issues in the European Union. There is a close link between the CELS Lunchtime Seminar series and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (CYELS). Papers generated from most of these seminars are published as articles in the CYELS. Video recordings of the seminars are made available via podcast, and videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4oXRK6xgzGUiTnOrTDiD0SfIbGj2W-x). For more information see the CELS website at http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T04:18:44.659212+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287"},"episode":{"title":"The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom: CELS/CPL/LCIL Roundtable","slug":"the-future-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-in-the-united-kingdom-cels-cpl-lcil-roundtable","published_at":"2026-02-03T08:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287/the-future-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-in-the-united-kingdom-cels-cpl-lcil-roundtable","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287","url":"https://cels-seminars.captivate.fm/episode/the-future-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-in-the-united-kingdom-cels-cpl-lcil-roundtable","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a0efd7a2-dfbb-4c9e-b993-a0101218f223.mp3","summary":"The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), The Centre for Public Law (CPL) and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) held a roundtable event on 'The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom' on 21 February 2026. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) remains one of the most significant instruments of human rights protection in Europe. Yet in the United Kingdom, its place in the constitutional order is increasingly contested. Political debate has raised questions about the appropriateness of the ECHR's reach, its domestic incorporation through the Human Rights Act 1998, and the proper balance between parliamentary sovereignty and Strasbourg supervision. The aim of this roundtable was to bring together Cambridge academics to consider possible trajectories for reform and the mechanisms to achieve this. The discussion provided a space not only for doctrinal and legal analysis but also for assessing political realities and potential path. The roundtable started from the perspective that there is a perception, very strong in some quarters, that the ECHR is not fit for purpose. Chair: Catherine Barnard Nabil Khabirpour Jan Klabbers Marcus Gehring Chair: Sandesh Sivakumaran Darren Peterson Stevie Martin For further information: CELS: https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/ CPL: https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/ LCIL: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/","meta_description":"The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), The Centre for Public Law (CPL) and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) held a roundtable ev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6050,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287/episodes/the-future-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-in-the-united-kingdom-cels-cpl-lcil-roundtable/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cambridge-centre-for-european-legal-studies-cels-podcast-7108287/the-future-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-in-the-united-kingdom-cels-cpl-lcil-roundtable.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}