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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"European Court of Human Rights"”.
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Execution of judgements of the European Court of human rights
For fifty years the European Convention on Human Rights has contributed substantially to the maintenance of democratic stability and the rule of law, as well as the protection of human rights in Europe. But that contribution depends on the good faith of the states parties to the Convention. By …
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Margins of appreciation, cultural relativity and the European Court of Human Rights
… about establishing a balance between universal human rights and particular cultures or local conditions. It examines the universality debate with reference to the "margin of appreciation" in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, in particular from the end of the Cold Wax when …
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Religious Dresses and Symbols : are religions treated equally by the European Court of Human Rights?
Trúarleg tákn og klæði – kemur Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu jafnt fram við trúarbrögð? Ritgerð þessi fjallar um trúfrelsi og réttinn til að iðka trúa. Nánar tiltekið leitast ritgerðin við að svara því hvort að Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu komi jafnt fram við ólík trúarbrög. Í ritgerðinni er áhersla …
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Compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: analysing South Caucasus states on a spectrum of democratization
This thesis explores compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the three South Caucasus states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. It critically assesses their compliance behaviour as states on a spectrum of democratisation varying from democratising to increasingly …
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The relationship between the domestic implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the ongoing reforms of the European Court of Human Rights
The ECtHR has become a “victim of ongoing reforms”, since the constant efforts to streamline and reinforce the system proved to be inadequate in managing the challenge of its ever-increasing caseload. There has been widespread agreement that further reforms to the ECHR mechanism are required in …
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Indivisibility and interdependence of human rights; should there be limits to the European Court of Human Rights reading significant socio-economic elements into Convention rights?
The main focus of this thesis is on the work of the European Court on Human Rights (the Court, ECtHR), namely on judgments by which the Court reads into the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention, ECHR) rights with significant socio-economic elements already guaranteed under the …
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Mapping austerity-based 'Crisis Law' before the European Court of Human Rights: an exploration of the impact of the court's interpretive ethic upon its derived legitimacy
This thesis maps the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to ‘Crisis Law’ or austerity-based case-law. In tracking the development of this Crisis Law, a full analysis of how the Court has responded to such claims of austerity-based rights infringements will be explored. This mapping of …
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The analytical approach of the European Court of Human Rights in surveillance cases—the implications, justifications, and future of the Court’s reasoning, with a focus on the legislative impact in Ireland
A notable feature of the surveillance case law of the European Court of Human Rights has been the tendency of the Court to focus on the “in accordance with the law” aspect of the Article 8 ECHR inquiry. This focus has been the subject of some criticism, but the impact of this approach on the manner …
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Defamation, the right to freedom of expression and libel reform in the UK: A comparative analysis of legal regulation and jurisprudence in the UK, the United States of America, Germany, and the European Court of Human Rights
… or actually chilled free speech. The phenomenon of libel tourism to the UK, illustrated by several high profile cases and arguably the result of the claimant friendly tilt of the law, served to prompt various actors including the United States Federal Government, the European Parliament and the …
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The lex certa principle. From the Italian Constitution to the European Convention on Human Rights
… with the need for a precise definition in law of criminal offences (lex certa), and it analyses the current state of this need in the Italian legal system, in the light of the influences deriving from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
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RECOGNITION OF VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF RESTRICTIVE ABORTION REGIMES
This thesis considers the possibility that the European Court of Human Rights is developing a role in relation to the restriction of access to abortion services, and impairment of health-care provision linked to such restriction, in Poland and Ireland. Since such lack of access is strongly …
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The infringement of prisoners' right to vote : an analysis of intentions and general principles in due consideration of recent judgements
The right to vote is the most important and often even the only possibility of citizens to participate in a democracy’s governance. Generally accepted democratic principles like the electoral equality and the objective to include all citizens who have acquired their full age and are of sound mind …
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Parole in South Africa : is it a right or a privilege? : the theory and practice of parole in South African Correctional centres with specific focus on the nature of parole under the Correctional Service Act 8 of 1959 (repealed) and the current Correctional Service Act 111 of 1998
The principal focus of this research centres around the question whether parole, as it is understood and practised in South Africa, is a right or a privilege. The essential question of this thesis is whether a prisoner acquires an enforceable right to be released on parole after serving the …
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The detention of dangerous severe personality disordered offenders under mental health legislation: legal and ethical issues
… disorder has frequently been at the forefront of government policy since psychiatry established itself as a medical science, coupled with media attention and at times, national hysteria. For over 150 years, public policy has exceeded medical science in the control and treatment forced upon …
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Liudijimo imunitetai baudžiamajame procese /
… in Criminal Procedure. Witness immunity is one of the most important evidentiary rules, due to the fact, that it directly influences the process of information, which can be later used as evidence in court, gathering. This paper reveals a complex analysis of witness immunities established in the …
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