The Rule of Law Program South East Europe (RLP SEE) has published the first volume of the new series "Rechtsstaat in Lectures" . The series shall cover the demand for expert analyses on those rule of law topics particularly relevant for the region of South East Europe. Rechtsstaat in Lectures Nr. 1 by Dr. Johan Callewaert deals with the impact of accession to the European Union on the application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the correlation of different national and regional human rights protection systems.