European Human Rights

This work provides a practical guide to the procedures and processes necessary when making a complaint to the European Commission of Human Rights. * Examines in detail the area of legal practice and procedure in the application of the Convention and advises how to formulate a complaint to the ECHR * Review of Protocol II which has fundamentally changed the complaints procedure, and inclusion of the full 'provisional rules of the New Court' * Enlarged precedent section and a range of useful tools for accessing information such as 'complaint flow chart', table of dates of recognition, general information and key addresses * Full text of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights

ISBN	0421621605	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9780421621602 (What's this?)	Pages	448
Publisher	Sweet & Maxwell Ltd	Published in	London
Imprint	Sweet & Maxwell	Previous ISBN	9780421481008
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	230
Publication date	24 Dec 1998	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY	341.481

	Foreword
	Contents
	Table of Cases
	Table of Legislation
1	Introduction	1
2	The Admissibility Criteria	13
3	Making the Complaint	41
4	The Post-admissibility Decision Procedure	65
5	Friendly Settlements	75
6	Specific Redress ("just satisfaction")	79
7	Costs	91
8	Council of Europe Legal Aid	99
9	Committee of Ministers	103
10	The Convention and European Union Law	107
11	The Convention and United Kingdom Law	111
12	The Convention and Protocols	119
13	Other Human Rights Procedures	245
	Appendices	259
	Index	367

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