Mechanisms of implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' case-law in the post-Brighton constellation

PETROV, Jan. Mechanisms of implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' case-law in the post-Brighton constellation. In PluriCourts: Multirights seminar. 2016.

Basic information

Original name

Mechanisms of implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' case-law in the post-Brighton constellation

Authors

PETROV, Jan

Edition

PluriCourts: Multirights seminar, 2016

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Presentations at conferences

Field of Study

50500 5.5 Law

Country of publisher

Norway

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

Keywords in English

ECHR; Execution of ECtHR judgments; Compliance with international law

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Abstract

In the original language

The paper traces the mechanisms of the ECtHR's case-law impact on national legal systems. It analyzes the respondent state's obligation to execute the ECtHR's judgment (inter partes binding effect of the Strasbourg jurisprudence) and the doctrine of res interpretata which explains the implications of Strasbourg judgments for the states which were not parties to the proceedings. Drawing upon this analysis, the paper outlines “the ideal model” of the implementation mechanisms' structure in which the domestic authorities fulfill the role of “diffusers” and “filters”. The ideal model, however, is too simplified and neglects important recent developments both at the ECtHR level and at the national level. Therefore, this paper proposes a more nuanced multi-level issue-based model of the mechanisms of implementation of the ECHR and ECtHR's judgments, which takes into account these developments and addresses the implementation mechanisms more accurately.