The Evolution of the Right of Individuals to Seise the European Court of Human Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12627154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen (0000-0003-1676-0795, 1Doctoral Candidate, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 267-306 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d’histoire du droit international (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1388-199X • E-ISSN: 1571-8050 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157180510x530149 |
| OpenAlex | W2089768074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The year 2009 was a milestone for the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR" or "the Court") in at least two ways. On the bright side, the Court can celebrate its 50 th anniversary and its continuous role as principal promoter of human rights in the now 47 Member States of the Council of Europe ("CoE" or "the Council"). However, 2009 was also the year in which the number of pending cases before the Court passed the disturbing 100,000 benchmark. Paradoxically, the main reason for both the Court's success and its current crisis is the right of petition of individuals. The present article contains a detailed inquiry into the coming into existence of this central feature of the control machinery of European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("ECHR" or "the Convention") that was labelled a breakthrough in the field of human rights as well as in general international law
Convention · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Milestone · Political science · Principal (computer security · European and International Law Studies · History · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2016 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |