scholarly journals FUTILITY OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS – THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IN ROMANIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Marius-Adrian Arva
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Introductory Part ◽  
The Right ◽  
Constituent Elements

If in the introductory part of the paper we present the constituent elements of the right to protest in relation to constitutional or conventional provisions and by analyzing some jurisprudential elements of the national courts and of the European Court of Human Rights, in the second part we carry out a detailed analysis of the solutions pronounced by the relevant national courts, based on which we concluded the uselessness of the sanctions regulation regarding the participation in protest actions carried out in a peaceful context.

scholarly journals The right to a justice court: implementation of the practice of the European Court of human rights in the Ukrainian judiciary

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina V. Denysova ◽  
Alla B. Blaga ◽  
Viktor P. Makovii ◽  
Yevheniia S. Kaliuzhna
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Functional Methods ◽  
European Court ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Right ◽  
Constituent Elements

The purpose of this study is to reveal the content of the right to a fair trial and the state of its provision in Ukraine through the prism of court decisions of Ukrainian courts of various instances and the relevant practice of the European Court of Human Rights. The methodological basis of the study is a set of philosophical and ideological, general and special scientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge, including dialectical, systemic, structural and functional methods, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. It is identified that the right to a fair trial in legal science, judicial practice is considered in its constituent elements and relevant manifestations, including fairness and publicity of the trial, compliance with the signs of independence, impartiality, legality, observance of the rule of law, equality of participants, and proceedings within reasonable time limits. Each of the elements, mentioned and features of the right to a fair trial is subject to appropriate interpretation in the context of the relevant decisions of the European Court of Human Rights during the review of case materials in national courts of the signatory states to the Convention.

Comparative Views on the Right to Vote in International Law

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shai Dothan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right ◽  
Democratic Elections ◽  
The Way

There is a consensus about the existence of an international right to vote in democratic elections. Yet states disagree about the limits of this right when it comes to the case of prisoners’ disenfranchisement. Some states allow all prisoners to vote, some disenfranchise all prisoners, and others allow only some prisoners to vote. This chapter argues that national courts view the international right to vote in three fundamentally different ways: some view it as an inalienable right that cannot be taken away, some view it merely as a privilege that doesn’t belong to the citizens, and others view it as a revocable right that can be taken away under certain conditions. The differences in the way states conceive the right to vote imply that attempts by the European Court of Human Rights to follow the policies of the majority of European states by using the Emerging Consensus doctrine are problematic.

scholarly journals Reflection of Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on Impartiality and Independence of National Courts in Context of the Right to a Fair Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
Alla Demyda
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
The Right

The article focuses on the principle of impartiality and independence of judiciary as a part of the right to a fair trial according to Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In particular, an account will be taken of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in matters of applications from national judges. The article considers the reflection of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the amendment of national legislations and the amendment of the provisions of the national constitutions regarding the principles of justice.

Ensure the Inviolability of Personal Life in the Conduct of Police Preventive Activities

Law and World ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-59
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Principle Of Proportionality ◽  
The Right

The paper addresses the basic rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of Georgia, in particular, issues related to personal data. The development of information technology has had a significant impact on the dangers of illegal processing of personal data. The European Court of Human Rights considers the inviolability of private life as a precondition for human autonomy, independent development and protection of human dignity. According to the norms of international law, the right to respect for private life is recognized as one of the most important and fundamental rights, the protection of which is indicated by the legislation of Georgia. The aim of the paper is to analyze the legislation and practice of police law in the field of protection of the right to privacy and to offer relevant recommendations, taking into account the standards set by European and national courts. Human rights legislation must ensure the protection of all human beings against the abuse of state power. Interference with rights must be based on the principle of proportionality. The use of policing should not pose an excessive threat of fundamental human rights violations. Interference with a particular right must be done under principle of proportionality to achieve a certain public good. In clarifying the issue of alleged violation of the right, special attention should be paid to the severity and probability of the expected threat to legal good. The Constitution of Georgia, EU and Council of Europe data protection standards, national legislation, as well as the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the National Constitutional Court are analyzed around the topic. In addition, the reports of the State Inspector, the Public Defender and the relevant scientific literature are used to study the above issues.

scholarly journals Human and civil rights as a determiner of national state-building

Legal Ukraine ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Nelin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
The State ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Right

At the present stage of their development the Ukrainian society and the state are characterized by their pursuit to provide maximum realization of human and civil rights and to create a full-scale civil society. Obviously, in this context, a significant attention is paid to the human rights in Ukraine, however there is insufficient research systematically conceptualizing the human rights employing philosophical and legal instruments and methodology. The author highlights that particular attention in the mechanism of organizational and legal remedies is paid to judicial and extrajudicial protection of human and civil rights. In accordance with the Article 55 of the Constitution of Ukraine the judicial protection of human and civil rights is maintained through the system of general jurisdiction courts of Ukraine. The state ensures the right of every person to appeal in court against any decisions, actions or inactivity of the state bodies, local self-government bodies and government officials that violate human and civil rights. In case of exhausting all remedies of his/her rights and liberties protection in national courts the person can appeal to the international courts, e.g. to the European Court of Human Rights. At present, Ukraine holds the third position in the number of its citizens’ appeals to this distinguished international legal institution. Every person is able to appeal to the extrajudicial institutions authorized to protect the constitutional human and civil rights and liberties. In Ukraine there is a special body for this purpose — the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, whose activities are determined by the Law of Ukraine «On the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights» of 23 December, 1997. In case when all extrajudicial remedies of human rights protection are exhausted, a person has the right, guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine, to appeal to the international human rights organizations (Art. 55). In terms of the current theory and practice of guaranteeing the constitutional human and civil rights, together with the national regulatory, organizational and legal guarantees, it is worth to distinguish the international guarantees of the constitutional human and civil rights and liberties in Ukraine. The special international legal guarantees of the human and civil rights and liberties are usually divided into regulatory and institutional ones. Key words: human and civil rights and liberties, constitutional state, national legal doctrine, international law, imitation of human rights, constitutional and legal mechanism for ensuring human rights and liberties.

scholarly journals Pierādījumu pārbaude kriminālprocesā

2021 ◽  
pp. 550-559
Author(s):  
Oskars Kulmanis ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Court Hearing

The article addresses specific aspects of the principle of equality of arms, which is one of the fundamental principles that secures the rights of an accused person in court proceedings in criminal cases. It outlines one particular aspect laid down in Article 6 § 3 (d) of the European Convention of Human Rights, that is, the right of an accused person to examine witnesses against him. Another important aspect which concerns the rights of an accused person to examine the witnesses against him is an obligation for the national courts to justify convictions with the evidence verified in a court hearing. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia and the European Court of Human Rights have emphasized several important practices of principle of fair trial which determine the justification of convictions with the evidence that has not been verified in court proceedings in criminal cases.

scholarly journals MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Oana Ghiţă
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Private Life ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Right

The article 8 and 12 – European Convention of Human Rights regulate the right to family and private life and, respectively, the right to marriage. These rights have been transposed into the national legislation of the States-members of European Union. The two rights that we are speaking of, which can be found as a constitutional principle and as an ordinary law, tries to reduce the public authorities interference into the private and personal family field. The reality proves that the right to marriage has been broken by the impossibility of the spouses to marry because they can not be divorced. This is the reason why we have two different rights in European Convention: the right to private, family life and the right to marriage. Many European states still have a limited regulation of the reasons for getting the dissolution of marriage. The European Convention has nothing to do with such cases because does not regulates the right to divorce and it would be an interference into the national law. How can a person be married again if he/she doesn’t have the possibility to divorce? In these conditions, can we take the European Convention into consideration as a real instrument of protection for the right to marriage? The first precedent of ECHR jurisprudences limits the infringement of the right to marriage made by the national Courts because of the lack of regulations or a bad interpretation of it.

scholarly journals Judicial dialogue in the light of Protocol no. 16 to the European convention on human rights

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 899-925
Author(s):  
Bruna Žuber ◽  
Špela Lovšin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
The Impact

The authors discuss legal nature of the Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which entered into force on 1 August 2018. With the aim of improving the judicial dialogue between European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and highest national courts, the Protocol No. 16 introduced the advisory opinion procedure at the ECtHR level. A detailed analysis of the impact of advisory opinion procedure on the judicial dialogue is included and is further supported by the reviews of cases at the ECtHR against Slovenia, Belgium and Italy, which illustrate how a possibility to request an advisory opinion could have prevented finding of a human right’s violation on the Strasbourg level and raised the effectiveness of human rights standards. The authors believe the Protocol No. 16 has brought a lot of potential for improvement of the judicial dialogue, which could lead to better understanding of ECHR standards, as interpreted by the ECtHR, and therefore prevent human rights violations already on a national level.

‘Outsourcing’ the integrated approach to interpretation: The implications of Association of Academics v Iceland

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-96
Author(s):  
Halldor Kr. Thorsteinsson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
National Level ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The Right

The European Court of Human Rights has recognised the right to strike as falling within the ambit of Article 11 ECHR. The Strasbourg Court has expanded the scope of the provision by applying the so-called integrated approach, integrating materials of other international bodies into the interpretation of the Convention. Recently, the protection of the right to strike under Article 11 (1) ECHR has been threatened by the expansion of Article 11 (2). The concurrent expansion of the two provisions has created a rift in the jurisprudence of the Court. The inconsistent application of the integrated approach poses a further threat to the protection of the right to strike. This article focuses on a recent verdict of the Strasbourg Court, Association of Academics v Iceland. The decision raises questions about the interpretative approach of the Court. It has been criticised for neglecting the integrated approach. It is argued that the integrated approach was not completely abandoned in Association of Academics. Instead, the Court granted discretion to the national courts once it had established that the integrated approach was applied at a national level. The ‘outsourcing’ of the integrated approach in the case led to unfortunate results for the right to strike, as the Court permitted extensive restrictions to the right on weak substantial grounds. The essay concludes with discussing the possible implications of the decision.

Article 6 Echr and Immunities Arising in Public International Law

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
David LLoyd Jones
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Right Of Access

The Procedural guarantees laid down in Article 6, European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the fairness and expedition of legal proceedings would be meaningless if the Convention did not protect the right of access to the courts which is a precondition to the enjoyment of those guarantees. As a result, the European Court of Human Rights has laid down the principle that Article 6(1) secures to everyone the right to have any claim relating to his civil rights and obligations brought before a court. The right of access to the courts is not absolute. The Strasbourg case law acknowledges that it may be subject to limitations. Contracting States enjoy a margin of appreciation in this regard. However, national courts must be satisfied that the limitations applied do not restrict or reduce the access left to the individual in such a way or to such an extent that the very essence of the right is impaired. Moreover a limitation will not be compatible with Article 6(1) if it does not pursue a legitimate aim and if there is no reasonable relationship of proportionality between the means employed and the aim sought to be achieved.

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