PECULIARITIES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE INSTITUTE OF CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT IN UKRAINE: PROBLEM ASPECTS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the functioning of the institute of constitutional complaint in Ukraine. The main problematic aspects of the functioning of the institute through the prism of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the analysis of national legislation and international experience are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the institution of a constitutional complaint is one of the most important indicators of observance and effective judicial protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms. The issues of normative provision of such a mechanism of human rights protection in Ukraine are considered in detail, the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Constitution of Ukraine and other normative legal acts directly determining the legal nature of such an institution are analyzed. The authors of the article emphasize that the issue of the effectiveness of the institution of constitutional complaint is extremely important, as it is in fact the last national mechanism to protect a person from encroachment on his rights before applying to the European Court of Human Rights, so it is necessary to pay attention to the activities of this institution in other countries in order to overcome the problems in its functioning through reform and, as a result, to reduce the number of lawsuits against the ECtHR. It is summarized that in general the practice of the institute of constitutional complaint has a positive impact on the development of the rule of law in the state and makes a great contribution to protecting human rights from unlawful encroachments on constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen.

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European Court of Human Rights

Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international ◽

10.1017/s0069005800008079 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 309-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Luzius Wildhaber

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Separation Of Powers ◽

International System ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

Evolutionary Interpretation

SummaryThe aim of the European Court of Human Rights is to bring about a situation in which individuals are able to get effective guarantees of their rights within their national legal systems. With this in mind, the author reviews some of the recent developments in cases before the court relating to evolutionary interpretation of the provisions of the convention, the role of the separation of powers in ensuring the protection of freedoms under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and the notion of human dignity within the convention framework. The author also considers the growing case load before the court and the need for reform and concludes by pointing out that the European system is the most effective international system yet for securing human rights protection.

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The execution of judgments of the European court of human rights - current issues

Medjunarodni problemi ◽

10.2298/medjp1802208d ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 70 (2) ◽

pp. 208-230

Author(s):

Andjela Djukanovic

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Technological Development ◽

Complex Interventions ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

Systemic Problems ◽

Education Science

The regional protection of human rights before the European Court of Human Rights is indisputably the most efficient, and it is constantly evolving. Despite this, we have recently started to detect some problems with the execution of judgments that have revealed structural or systemic problems in the domestic law. Maintaining the authority of the Court's judgments is fundamental for the functioning of the established system of human rights protection. Significant news concerning the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights is that the refusal of the responsible country to execute one judgment has recently led to the application of the procedure from Protocol No.14 for the first time. In this context, the necessity of this procedure is questionable. Although the majority have required the triggering of this procedure, it is unlikely that it will be applied to all judgments which are not executed. Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights are largely respected, but sometimes this is not the case, usually when the judgment is associated with politically sensitive issues, or when the execution of judgement requires significant or complex interventions in domestic legal order. The question is, will any special procedures for monitoring enable the execution of such judgments. The author concludes that this seems unlikely. It should also be noted that the European Court of Human Rights has started ordering very specific non-pecuniary measures in its judgements, hoping that this will improve the level of judgment enforcement. In our opinion, this approach should be applied with caution. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 179029: Srbija u savremenim medjunarodnim odnosima: Strateski pravci razvoja i ucvrscivanja polozaja Srbije u medjunarodnim integrativnim procesima -spoljnopoliticki, medjunarodni ekonomski, pravni i bezbednosni aspekti]

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Jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights in the Baltic States’ Cases

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric ◽

10.2478/slgr-2019-0031 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 97-109

Author(s):

Elżbieta Kużelewska

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

European Convention ◽

Baltic States ◽

Council Of Europe ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

The Baltic ◽

Domestic Law

Abstract The Baltic States – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – are democratic states of law that respect human rights. As members of the Council of Europe, they implemented into domestic law the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (known as the European Convention on Human Rights) – an international document for the universal protection of human rights adopted by the Council of Europe. The aim of the paper is to analyze whether and to what extent did Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian citizens file individual complaints to the European Court of Human Rights over the past thirteen years (2006–2018). The paper is to answer the question if the Baltic Sates’ systems of human rights protection are effective. One of the indicators of effectiveness is the number of complaints brought from the Baltic States to the ECtHR in relation to the number of inhabitants and also in comparison with the total number of complaints from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe as whole. The analysis will cover statistics on the number of judgments in Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian cases before the Court in Strasbourg issued between 2006 and 2018. This will be helpful in determining the degree and the type of violations by the Baltic States of the human rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Effizienterer Menschenrechtsschutz durch Vorabbefassung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte?

Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft ◽

10.5771/2193-7869-2019-3-253 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 102 (3) ◽

pp. 253-274

Author(s):

Thomas Klein ◽

Katrin Treppschuh

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

European Convention ◽

German Government ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Constitutional Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

The Moment ◽

Advisory Opinions

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which came into force in August 2018, enables the member States to request the European Court of Human Rights to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation and application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto. The German Government does not consider it necessary to sign and ratify Protocol No. 16 at the moment referring to the well-developed constitutional protection of Human rights in Germany. This article critically assesses this view and argues that the possibility to apply to the Court for advisory opinions can contribute to making Human rights protection in Germany more effective.

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Tajemnica adwokacka w świetle orzecznictwa Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. Seria Prawnicza. Prawo ◽

10.15584/znurprawo.2020.29.25 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 367-376

Author(s):

Kacper Milkowski ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

Judicial Procedures ◽

True Knowledge ◽

The Right ◽

Transfer Of Information

The attorney–client privilege is one of the fundamental elements that determines the actual assurance of the right to legal aid. It allows for the existence of trust between the client and the attorney, creating optimal conditions for the free and unrestricted transfer of information and comments between them. This, in turn, means that the attorney – equipped with full and true knowledge from the client, can most effectively assist in seeking protection of his rights and freedoms in court or before other public authorities. This means that attorney–client privilege increases the effectiveness of legal assistance and, consequently, access to court and enforcement of judicial procedures for the protection of all rights and freedoms. The article analyzes the significance of the attorney–client privilege in the context of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The ECtHR has repeatedly ruled on the protection of the attorney–client privilege as part of the human rights protection system. The Tribunal places the right to keep secret the information provided between the client and the lawyer in the sphere of guarantees arising from Article 6 (right to court) and Article 8 (right to protect communication) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

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INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CHRISTIAN VALUES IN HUMAN RIGHTS

ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ◽

10.17721/apmv.2016.127.2.73-81 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (127) ◽

pp. 73-81

Author(s):

M. Medvedieva

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Law ◽

Historical Context ◽

Human Embryos ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

European Court ◽

Christian Morality ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

The Individual

The article considers the role of International Law in asserting Christian values in human rights protection. The author gives examples of harmonious interaction of International Law and Christian morality. According to the author, as a result of certain factors, International Law started to deviate from the principles of Christian ethics. As a result at the level of creating and implementing International Law there is a positive attitude or indifference to such destructive practices that destroy the individual, family, society, state as abortion, surrogacy, change of sex, same-sex unions, euthanasia, cloning, genetic modification, research on human embryos, etc. The article deals with these trends mainly on the example of the European model of human rights. The author analyzes the practice of interpretation and application of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) by the European Court of Human Rights regarding the aforementioned issues and concludes that in many cases the Court goes away from the historical context of the adoption of the Convention, creates new rights, and in its judgments does not take into account the arguments of a state concerning the protection of public order and public morality that looks like a dangerous trend for the International Law functioning.

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From dynamic to static: the evolution of the relationship between the UK and the European Court of Human Rights

Teoría y Realidad Constitucional ◽

10.5944/trc.42.2018.23632 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Merris Amos

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

National Level ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

Derechos Humanos ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

The Uk ◽

The Relationship

In this article the evolution of the relationship between the UK and the European Court of Human Rights is examined. With strong human rights protection through law now present at the national level, it is concluded that the relationship has moved from a dynamic to static. The implications of this for the protection of human rights in the UK are considered and evaluated.En este artículo se examina la evolución de la relación entre el Reino Unido y el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos. Teniendo en cuenta que ya existe a nivel nacional una importante garantía y protección de los derechos fundamentales, se observa que la relación ha cambiado de dinámica a estática. Las implicaciones que este paradigma tiene para el caso particular del Reino Unido será objeto de examen y discusión.

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ŽMOGAUS TEISIŲ APSAUGA EUROPOJE IR EUROPOS SĄJUNGOS PRISIJUNGIMAS PRIE ŽMOGAUS TEISIŲ IR PAGRINDINIŲ LAISVIŲ APSAUGOS KONVENCIJOS

Teisė ◽

10.15388/teise.2014..3906 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 92 ◽

pp. 109-125

Author(s):

Gintarė Pažereckaitė ◽

Jevgenija Vienažindytė

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Human Rights ◽

The European Union ◽

Council Of Europe ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

Current State ◽

European Court ◽

Fundamental Freedoms ◽

Protection Of Human Rights

Straipsnyje analizuojama žmogaus teisių apsauga Europoje, garantuojama pagal Europos Sąjungos ir Europos Tarybos (konkrečiai – Žmogaus teisių ir pagrindinių laisvių apsaugos konvencijos) teisines sistemas. Nagrinėjama dviejų regioninių teismo institucijų (Europos Žmogaus Teisių Teismo ir Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismo) praktika ir kai kurios žmogaus teisių apsaugos užtikrinimo Europoje problemos. Straipsnyje vertinamas galimas Europos Sąjungos prisijungimo prie Žmogaus teisių ir pagrindinių laisvių apsaugos konvencijos poveikis žmogaus teisių apsaugai Europoje. Analizuojamos Prisijungimo sutarties projekte siūlomos procesinės taisyklės ir galimi jų trūkumai. Galiausiai pateikiamos įžvalgos dėl šiuo metu esamo žmogaus teisių apsaugos lygio Europoje pakankamumo, kurios iš dalies galėtų būti pagrindas vertinti Europos Sąjungos prisijungimo prie Žmogaus teisių ir pagrindinių laisvių apsaugos konvencijos poreikį. The article analyses human rights protection in Europe guaranteed in the legal systems of the European Union and the Council of Europe (i.e. the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms). It examines case law of two regional judicial institutions (European Court of Human Rights and Court of Justice of the European Union) and certain problems of human rights protection in Europe. The article also assesses what impact the European Union accession to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms could have on the human rights protection in Europe; and analyses rules and procedures proposed in the draft Accession agreement, and their possible flaws. Finally, views on the current state of human rights protection in Europe are presented, which in a way gives a basis to question the need for the European Union to accede to the Convention.

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The right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

10.29039/01850-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yuliya Samovich

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Case Law ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

The European Union ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

European Court ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

Judicial Procedure ◽

The Right ◽

Judicial Protection

The manual is devoted to making individual complaints to the European Court of human rights: peculiarities of realization of the right to appeal, conditions of admissibility and the judicial procedure of the European Court of Human Rights. The author analyses some “autonomous concepts” used in the court's case law and touches upon the possibility of limiting the right to judicial protection. The article deals with the formation and development of the individual's rights to international judicial protection, as well as the protection of human rights in universal quasi-judicial international bodies and regional judicial institutions of the European Union and the Organization of American States. This publication includes a material containing an analysis of recent changes in the legal regulation of the Institute of individual complaints. The manual is recommended for students of educational organizations of higher education, studying in the areas of bachelor's and master's degree “Jurisprudence”.

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The Internationalization Of Human Rights And The Importance Of Normative Dialogues Between International And National Courts

Revista Jurídica ◽

10.29248/2236-5788.2017v17i2.p137-149 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 137

Author(s):

Mariane Morato Stival ◽

Marcos André Ribeiro ◽

Daniel Gonçalves Mendes da Costa

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

The Other ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

National Courts ◽

European Court ◽

Differences Of Opinion ◽

Rights Discourse ◽

Different Characteristics ◽

Human Rights Discourse

This article intends to analyze in the context of the complexity of the process of internationalization of human rights, the definitions and tensions between cultural universalism and relativism, the essence of human rights discourse, its basic norms and an analysis of the normative dialogues in case decisions involving violations of human rights in international tribunals such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and national courts. The well-established dialogue between courts can bring convergences closer together and remove differences of opinion on human rights protection. A new dynamic can occur through a complementarity of one court with respect to the other, even with the different characteristics between the legal orders.

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