Project

Strengthening the European Court of Human Rights: More Accountability through Better Legal Reasoning (ECHR)

Code
05Z40009
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Ghent University funding, Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Law
Keywords
legal reasoning human rights European Courth of Human Rights comparative research
 
Project description

The project analyses the legal reasoning of the European Court of Human Rights regarding three sub-themes: mainstreaming diversity, settling the minimum-maximum debate and doing justice in cases of conflicting rights. The objective of the research is the proposal of innovative solutions to strengthen the consistency and persuasiveness of the Court’s legal reasoning so as to improve its accountability and transparency.