ELI established an Expert Committee to reflect, at a high level, on the capacity of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Convention system to respond to a rapidly evolving global environment. Recent developments have raised a number of questions regarding resilience and the ability of the Convention to continue fulfilling its stabilising role within the European human rights architecture.

The work of the Expert Committee is organised around five complementary strands. The subgroup on Disruptive and Emerging Technologies met for an internal meeting to discuss relevant global developments – legal, technological, societal, environmental, or geopolitical – affecting the field, and possible avenues through which the Convention system may respond through interpretation, institutional practice, or procedural development.