Project

Strengthening the European Court of Human Rights: More Accountability through better legal reasoning

Acronym

ECHR

Code

41A03409

Duration

01 November 2009 → 31 October 2014

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Law

Keywords

Women’s rights European convention on human rights Minority Rights Conflicting Rights stereotypes Mainstreaming Diversity European Court of Human Rights legal reasoning vulnerability Scope of rights Procedural Justice

Project description

The project’s objective is to study the European Court of Human Rights’ case-law with the aim of proposing innovative solutions to strengthen the consistency and persuasiveness of the Court’s legal reasoning so as to improve its accountability and transparency. 5 researchers are working on this project, each on particular subthemes including Minority Rights, Stereotypes, Vulnerability, Freedom of Religion, Conflicting Rights and Scope of Rights.