Skarga międzypaństwowa do Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w Strasburgu – potencjalne odrodzenie

• Authors: Machowicz Kinga , Tabaszewski Robert

Title variants

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The Inter-State Application to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg – Potential Revival

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

This article deals with the theoretical, legal, and practical aspects of filing inter-state complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and their consideration by the Court. It describes the evolution, essence, and current legal regulation of the institution of inter-state application expressed in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the ECtHR’s regulations. The article compares the qualitatively different complaints filed by post-Soviet states with those lodged by the so-called senior members of the Council of Europe (CoE) and examines the possible correlation between them. The article describes to what extent the inter-state application is the primary mechanism for ensuring verification of mutual compliance with the provisions of the ECHR as objective obligations, and to what extent it reflects the political aspirations of states-parties. However, the analysis shows that, in the vast majority of cases, states submit complaints in order to obtain short-term political and economic benefits. It has been shown that some inter-state applications are in fact disguised individual complaints.

Keywords

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inter-state application; European Court of Human Rights; Council of Europe; diplomatic affairs; human rights; international law

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Przegląd Sejmowy
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 1(174)
• Pages: 175-197

Contributors

author

Machowicz Kinga

• Dr hab. Kinga Machowicz, prof. KUL John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Social Sciences, Poland Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Polska [e-mail], https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6519-7903

author

Tabaszewski Robert

• Dr Robert Tabaszewski John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration, Poland Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji, Polska [e-mail], https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-0056

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31268/PS.2023.172