Anti-Terrorist Legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights

European Convention on Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights and National Constitutional Reordering

extraterritorial effect of the european convention on human rights in the case-law of the european court of human rights

article 1 of the european convention on human rights provides that the contracting parties shall secure to everyone ‘within their jurisdiction’ the rights and freedoms defined in the convention. at a technical level, the key question is how one should interpret the word ‘jurisdiction’ in article 1. this article plays a key role in the convention system since it sets out the limits on the obliga...

European Court Says Human Right Convention Protects Gay Adoption Rights

Victimising Third Parties: the Equality Directives, the European Convention on Human Rights, and Eu General Principles

This article highlights a problem which has troubled courts in the United States in recent years, and like most equality issues arising in US litigation, it is likely to trouble Europe’s courts in due course. It concerns the victimisation provisions expressed in equality legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act 1964 (US), the EU Equality Directives, or the Equality Act 2010 (UK). The problem i...