D.H. v. Czech Republic Five Years After: On the Power of an International Human Rights Court to Push through a Systemic Change

SMEKAL, Hubert and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. D.H. v. Czech Republic Five Years After: On the Power of an International Human Rights Court to Push through a Systemic Change (D.H. V. Czech Republic Five Years After: On the Power of an International Human Rights Court to Push through a Systemic Change). In Berkeley Law – Sciences-Po Ecole de Droit Comparative Anti-Discrimination Law Symposium. 2012.

Basic information

Original name

D.H. v. Czech Republic Five Years After: On the Power of an International Human Rights Court to Push through a Systemic Change

Name in Czech

D.H. proti České republice po pěti letech: schopnost mezinárodního lidskoprávního soudu prosadit systémovou změnu

Name (in English)

D.H. V. Czech Republic Five Years After: On the Power of an International Human Rights Court to Push through a Systemic Change

Authors

SMEKAL, Hubert and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Edition

Berkeley Law – Sciences-Po Ecole de Droit Comparative Anti-Discrimination Law Symposium, 2012

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Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords (in Czech)

Česká republika, implementace rozhodnutí, Romská menšina, právo na vzdělání, diskriminace, zvláštní školy

Keywords in English

Czech Republic, judgment implementation, Roma, right to education, discrimination, special schools

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Abstract

V originále

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is often portrayed as the most developed regional human rights court, one which wields the power to influence practices in member states. In 2007, the Grand Chamber of the Court issued a famous ruling in the case D.H. v. Czech Republic which condemned discrimination of Roma children in education. The problem criticized in the D.H. case is of a systemic character; in order to comply with the ECtHR’s judgment the Czech Republic would have to change its whole system of primary education. In our paper we discuss the ability of an international human rights body to push through a significant change in a member state party to it. We seek to draw more general propositions from the case study of D.H. v. Czech Republic which can be tested by further studies – we try to identify factors and circumstances which support or hinder an international human rights court in its effort of pushing through a systemic change.

In Czech

Evropský soud pro lidská práva (ESLP) je často zobrazován jako nejúspěšnější regionální lidskoprávní soud, který dokáže ovlivnit praxi v členských zemích Rady Evropy. V roce 2007 vydal Velký senát slavné rozhodnutí ve věci D.H. proti České republice, které konstatovalo existenci diskriminace romských dětí ve vzdělávání. Problém, jenž byl kritizován v D.H. případě je systémového charakteru; aby bylo naplněno rozhodnutí ESLP, Česká republika by musela změnit celý systém svého základního školství. Cílem příspěvku bylo pojednat o schopnosti mezinárodního lidskoprávního tělesa prosadit tak významnou změnu u svého smluvního státu. Příspěvek usiloval vyvodit z případu D.H. proti České republice závěry obecnějšího charakteru, které by byly testovatelný dalšími studiemi - identifikoval faktory a okolnosti, které podporují nebo ztěžují možnosti medzinárodního lidskoprávního soudu prosadit systémovou změnu.

In English

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is often portrayed as the most developed regional human rights court, one which wields the power to influence practices in member states. In 2007, the Grand Chamber of the Court issued a famous ruling in the case D.H. v. Czech Republic which condemned discrimination of Roma children in education. The problem criticized in the D.H. case is of a systemic character; in order to comply with the ECtHR’s judgment the Czech Republic would have to change its whole system of primary education. In our paper we discuss the ability of an international human rights body to push through a significant change in a member state party to it. We seek to draw more general propositions from the case study of D.H. v. Czech Republic which can be tested by further studies – we try to identify factors and circumstances which support or hinder an international human rights court in its effort of pushing through a systemic change.