Interpreting the Right to Interpretation under Article 6(3)(e) ECHR

This article explores how the European Court of Human Rights has interpreted the right to interpretation under Article 6(3)(e) ECHR—a topic which, despite its significance for the rule of law and access to justice, has received, to date, very limited scholarly attention. The key finding is that we are witnessing a ‘cautious evolution’: the Court has progressively—yet simultaneously cautiously—developed the standards and guarantees of this right, which is one of the rights of defence under Article 6(3) ECHR and a requirement of the fair trial. The analysis focuses, in particular, on (i) how general interpretative techniques that have been developed by the Strasbourg Court were applied by the Court in its jurisprudence concerning the said provision; (ii) on the interplay between the overall fairness of the trial and Article 6(3)(e) ECHR; and (iii) on Article 6(3)(e) ECHR and the relationship between legal assistance/legal aid and the right to interpretation. In addition, the article identifies possible areas of further development of this right

Economic Justice · Human rights · Interpretation (philosophy) · Jurisprudence · Political science · Right to a fair trial · Sociology · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Philosophy

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  Open Access•Petra Lea Láncos•Across Languages and Cultures•2023

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