Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2) Obligation to protect life Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (Article 3) Inhuman or degrading punishment Conditions of detention Prohibition of…
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Jurisdiction and admissibility / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Exhaustion of domestic remedies (Article 35 § 1) Matter already examined by the Court (Article 35 § 2 (b)) Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35)…
Foreword to the 2015 edition
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 I welcome the decision to publish annually, as a separate publication in its own right, the Overview of the Court’s principal judgments and decisions. While the Overview also appears in the Court’s…
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Table of Contents Foreword to the 2015 edition Introduction Jurisdiction and admissibility Admissibility (Articles 34 and 35) Exhaustion of domestic remedies (Article 35 § 1) Matter already examined by the Court (Article 35 § 2 (b)) “Core” rights Right to…
Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18) The judgment in Navalnyy v. Russia[189] develops the case-law on the link between the lack of “legitimate aim” in the sense of Article 11 and…
Request for revision of a judgment (Rule 80 of the Rules of Court)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Request for revision of a judgment (Rule 80 of the Rules of Court) Ireland v. the United Kingdom[196] concerned the interpretation and application of Rule 80 of the Rules of Court in…
Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Other Convention provisions Derogation in time of emergency (Article 15) The judgments in Mehmet Hasan Altan v. Turkey and Şahin Alpay v. Turkey[186] concerned the validity of a derogation for the purposes of…
Prohibition of discrimination. Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1.
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14) Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 The judgment in Molla Sali v. Greece[146] concerned the application of Sharia law and discrimination by…
Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11) Freedom of peaceful assembly In Navalnyy v. Russia[142], the applicant was a political activist, anti-corruption campaigner and popular blogger, as well as one of the most…
Freedom of expression (Article 10)
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2018 Freedom of expression (Article 10) Freedom of expression Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania[136] concerned commercial speech using religious symbolism. The applicant company published advertisements on public hoardings intended to promote a range of clothing…