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| Specific
Instruments |
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European Agreement relating to persons participating in proceedings of the European Court of Human Rights |
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| Date of adoption:
5/3/1996 |
Entry into
force:
1/1/1999 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty |
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| Date of adoption:
28/4/1983 |
Entry into
force:
1/3/1985 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
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| Date of adoption:
4/11/1993 |
Entry into
force:
1/3/2002 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
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| Date of adoption:
4/11/1993 |
Entry into
force:
1/3/2002 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
4/11/2000 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol N°1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
20/3/1952 |
Entry into
force:
18/5/1954 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give advisory opinions |
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| Date of adoption:
6/5/1963 |
Entry into
force:
21/9/1970 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 3 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending Articles 29, 30 and 34 of the Convention |
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| Date of adoption:
6/5/1963 |
Entry into
force:
21/9/1970 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the first Protocol thereto |
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| Date of adoption:
16/9/1963 |
Entry into
force:
2/5/1968 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 5 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending Articles 22 and 40 of the Convention |
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| Date of adoption:
20/1/1966 |
Entry into
force:
20/12/1971 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
22/11/1984 |
Entry into
force:
1/11/1988 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 8 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
19/3/1985 |
Entry into
force:
1/1/1990 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 9 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
6/11/1990 |
Entry into
force:
1/10/1994 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 10 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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| Date of adoption:
25/3/1992 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol No. 11 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, restructuring the control machinery established thereby |
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| Date of adoption:
11/5/1994 |
Entry into
force:
1/11/1998 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Sixth Protocol to the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe |
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| Date of adoption:
5/3/1996 |
Entry into
force:
1/11/1998 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Protocol amending the European Social Charter |
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| Date of adoption:
21/10/1991 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints |
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| Date of adoption:
9/11/1995 |
Entry into
force:
1/7/1998 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter |
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| Date of adoption:
5/5/1988 |
Entry into
force:
4/9/1992 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Convention on Cybercrime |
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| Date of adoption:
8/11/2001 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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| General
Instruments |
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European Social Charter |
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| Date of adoption:
18/10/1961 |
Entry into
force:
26/2/1965 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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European Social Charter (revised) |
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| Date of adoption:
3/5/1996 |
Entry into
force:
1/7/1999 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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European Agreement relating to Persons Participating in Proceedings of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights |
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| Date of adoption:
6/5/1969 |
Entry into
force:
17/4/1971 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR) |
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| Date of adoption:
4/11/1950 |
Entry into
force:
3/9/1953 |
| System of protection:
Council of Europe |
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| Articles |
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The Boundaries of Human Rights Jurisdiction in Europe |
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Dinah SHELTON |
| Latest update:
26/04/2004 |
First published:
1995 |
| Reference:
13 Duke J. of Comp. & Int'l L. 95 |
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The strengthening and proliferation of European regional bodies monitoring the human rights performance of their Member States raise fundamental issues of governance. |
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The General Provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
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Ricardo GARCIA |
| Latest update:
23/06/2003 |
First published:
- |
| Reference:
Jean Monnet Working Paper 4/02 |
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The article seeks to find, by way of studying the general provisions, what the place for the Charter is in regard to the protection afforded by national Constitutions and international agreements, particularly the European Convention on Human Rights |
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Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, année 2001 |
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Pierre LAMBERT |
| Latest update:
07/05/2003 |
First published:
1/2/2002 |
| Reference:
J.T.D.E., 2002, pp. 43-49 |
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Annual review of ECHR case law by Pierre Lambert |
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Applicabilité des dispositions de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme et de ses Protocoles en Bosnie-Herzégovine |
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Emmanuelle CERF |
| Latest update:
17/09/2002 |
First published:
4/2002 |
| Reference:
Actualité et Droit International |
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The fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina only enjoyed special guest status in the Council of Europe during a certain period does not prevent the applicability of the ECHR dispositions and of its additional protocols in national law. |
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| Websites |
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Council of Europe - Human Rights Web |
| Languages:
English French |
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This site, set up by the Human Rights Directorate General, presents and gives access to all the Council of Europe's activities and documents related to human rights. The quality of the links it offers is rather inconsistent. |
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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| Languages:
English French |
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The site offers access to visit reports and other documents of the Committee. |
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Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights |
| Languages:
English Greek |
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Research, study, defense, protection and promotion of the generally recognized fundamental human rights and freedoms - List of publications - Events - News on human rights - Reports -Jurisprudence - Legislation |
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European Social Charter |
| Languages:
English French |
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Introduction -News -Access to documents and publications -Access to the case law of the European Social Committee |
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National Commission for Human rights (Greece) |
| Languages:
English Greek |
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News and human rights reports (for example: muslim weddings by proxy in Greece) - Special focus on subjects such as terrorism - The state of the respect of human rights in Greece - Criminal law |
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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Languages:
English French |
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-News
-Documents and reports |
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Websites |
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Council of Europe - Human Rights Web |
| Languages:
English French |
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Search the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights control bodies. |
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INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights |
| Languages:
English |
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International Human Rights Law Database (reports highlighting decisions of international human rights tribunals and bodies) - Commonwealth Human Rights Case Law Database (summaries of recent human rights decisions from national courts) |
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| Reports |
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Guaranteeing the long-term effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights |
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CDDH |
Date:
18/10/2002 |
| Reference:
CM (2002) 146 |
| Source:
Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) |
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This report sets out the interim conclusions of the CDDH as of October 2002 - Proposals for change to the enforcement machinery of the Convention. |
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| Books |
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Regional Human Rights |
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Alfred GLENN MOWER |
| Reference:
New York - Westport, Connecticut - London, Studies in Human Rights, Number 12, Greenwood Press, 1991 |
| Languages:
English |
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A comparative study of the West European and Inter-American Systems |
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Introduction au droit public, t. II, Les droits et libertés |
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Rusen ERGEC |
| Reference:
Diegem, Kluwer, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Professor Ergec's book on rights and freedoms was enlarged for this 2nd edition. The book covers fundamental rights and freedoms at Belgian, European and International levels. |
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L'adhésion des Communautés européennes à la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme |
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Olivier DE SCHUTTER |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Courrier Hebdomadaire no. 1440, CRISP, 1994 |
| Languages:
French |
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The protection of human rights within the legal order of the EC follows the jurisprudence of the European court of Human Rights. The author examines if the accession by the EC to the European Convention is purposeful and, above all, realistic. |
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Code de droit international des droits de l'homme |
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Olivier DE SCHUTTER - Françoise TULKENS - Sébastien VAN DROOGHENBROECK |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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2nd edition (updated to May 1st, 2003) of this collection of the main international instruments (as well universal as regional) regarding the protection of fundamental human rights. |
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Monitoring Human Rights in Europe. Comparing International Procedures and Mechanisms |
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A. Bloed, L. Leicht, M. Nowak, A. Rosas Ed. |
| Reference:
Dordrecht/Boston/London, Martinus Nijhoff, 1993 |
| Languages:
English |
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The studies focus on the effectiveness of the various mechanisms and frameworks, their differing legal and political characteristics and contexts, their interrelationship as well as their advantages and disadvantages. |
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Monitoring Human Rights in Europe: Comparing International Procedures and Mechanisms |
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Arie Bloed, Liselotte Leicht, M. Nowak, A. Rosas Ed. |
| Reference:
Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993 |
| Languages:
English |
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Collection of articles on international mechanisms for the protection of human rights and the prevention of their abuses in Europe: Reporting procedures - Individual complaints - Contribution of NGOs - Torture - Minority rights - ICTY... |
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Cinquantième anniversaire de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme |
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C. Teitgen-Colly Ed. - Catherine TEITGEN-COLLY |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice 33, Nemesis - Bruylant, 2002 |
| Languages:
French |
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Conference(2000)
I. Origins of the ECHR
II. Influence of the ECHR
(recent democraties, futur)
III. Case-law (access to law, fair trial, freedom of speech, foreigners, relations between private persons)
IV. French judges and the ECHR |
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Procédure(s) et effectivité des droits |
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D. d'Ambra, F. Benoît-Rohmer, C. Grewe Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit et Justice, 49, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Judges are the guarantors of the effectiveness of fundamental rights. It is then necessary to understand the principle of effectiveness of judicial procedures, its requirements and applications. The book presents comparative law studies in that aim. |
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La réforme de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme |
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G. Cohen-Jonathan, C. Pettiti Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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The evergrowing number of cases brought before the ECHR threatens the credibility of the whole system of protection. Another role of the Court is to set the standards of the european public order in its "great cases". Reflexions upon reforms projects |
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Constitution européenne, démocratie et droits de l'homme |
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G. Cohen-Jonathan, J. Dutheil de La Rochère Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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The Charter of Fundamental Rights should be incorporated into the European Constitution : how will this new system of protection link up with that of the ECHR ? (Colloquium of March 2003). |
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L'influence de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme sur les Etats tiers |
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J.-F. Flauss Ed. - Jean-François FLAUSS |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice, Bruylant, 2002 |
| Languages:
French |
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Analysis of the influence of the ECHR, which is "the most achieved expression of the intentions of the makers of the Universal Declaration", outside the Council of Europe : former colonies, Commonwealth countries, formerly communist countries. |
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Droits sociaux et droit européen : bilan et prospective de la protection normative |
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J.-F. Flauss Ed. - Jean-François FLAUSS |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice, Bruylant, 2002 |
| Languages:
French |
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In the Council of Europe and in the European Union, social rights are the object of a growing protection, both in quality and quantity. Questions raised : problems of coexistence and reciprocal influences - unicity of the standards of protection |
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Avancées et confins actuels des droits de l'homme aux niveaux international, européen et national |
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Mélanges offerts à Silvio Marcus Helmons Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Impressive collection of articles in the field of international and european human rights, as a tribute to the founder of the Center for Human Rights of the faculty of law of the Université Catholique de Louvain. |
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The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights: International Protection versus National Restrictions |
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Mireille Delmas-Marty Ed. |
| Reference:
Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1991 |
| Languages:
English |
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This book demonstrates first that the "system" of the Convention is more ambiguous than could have been expected and it shows that a certain resistance exists to the Convention in most of the Member States of the Council of Europe (case-studies). |
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| Periodicals |
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Actualité et Droit International |
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| Reference:
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| Contact:
despretz@ridi.org |
http://www.ridi.org/adi/ |
| Languages:
French |
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E-journal of international news legal analysis.
Articles (archive from 1998, quick search), chronicles and cases, discussions, international news, announcements. Useful links. |
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Droits Fondamentaux |
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| Reference:
Paris, |
| Contact:
despretz@toile.org |
http://www.droits-fondamentaux.org/ |
| Languages:
French |
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First electronic journal in French on Fundamental Rights. |
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Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme |
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| Reference:
Bruxelles, Nemesis |
| Contact:
vf@lambert.be |
http://www.revtrdrh.be |
| Languages:
French |
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Specialized periodical. Articles on doctrine - Commentaries on the decisions of various courts - Extracts of new decisions - Bibliographies - News: conferences... Special issues. |
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| Human Rights
Actors |
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Council of Europe (CoE) |
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http://www.coe.int |
Type:International or Regional Organization |
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European organization including more than 40 member states - Promotion of common action in the economical, social, cultural and scientific fields - HR field: adoption of treaties and recommendations - ECHR adopted within the CoE |
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Directorate General of Human Rights, Council of Europe () |
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http://www.coe.int/T/F/Droits_de_l'homme/ |
Type:International or Regional Organization |
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Mandate: responsible for the development and implementation of the human rights policy and standards of the Council of Europe, including the operation of human rights treaties and related mechanisms. |
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European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) |
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http://www.coe.int/T/E/human_rights/Ecri/ |
Type:International or Regional Organization |
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ECRI's task is to combat racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance at the level of greater Europe and from the perspective of the protection of human rights. |
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European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) |
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http://www.errc.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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An international public interest law organisation which monitors the human rights situation of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse. |
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Institute for Human Rights/Instituut voor de rechten van de mens () |
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http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/pubrecht/rvdm/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Teaching focused on the European Convention of Human Rights and its institutions. Research on a wide range of issues of international human rights law.
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Österreichisches Institut für Menschenrechte, Internationales Forschungszentrum () |
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http://www.sbg.ac.at/oim/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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A public service association based in Salzburg: the National Reporter of the Council of Europe for Austria, a contact for the Austrian authorities, and is consulted in the legislative procedure when bills involve human rights issues. |
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