Fundamental rights protection in the Council of Europe : the role of the European Court of Human Rights

Abstract

The book does not include analysis of broad judicature of the Court, it rather focuses on more general standards for construction and operation of legal regime of the ECHR and the Court. The European Convention, poetically referred to as “the pearl in the crown”, is today the most important international document providing basis for minimal standard of the European democratic states. Of course, the operation of the European Court of Human Rights, whose adjudication serves as a reference point and model in understanding and observance of the rights and freedoms of an individual, is also of great importance.