Substantive Equality in the European Court of Human Rights?
Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 107, No. 129, 2009
Posted: 31 Mar 2009 Last revised: 15 Jun 2012
Date Written: March 31, 2009
Abstract
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has a distinguished track record. Established under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 ("ECHR"), it was the world's first international human rights court. It decides thousands of cases every year, and its opinions are cited world-wide. For most of its history, the Court's jurisprudence on equality was uninspiring, as it was based on a formal conception of equality. In recent years, however, the ECtHR has begun to give equality more substantive content.
Keywords: Equality, discrimination, Roma, Education
JEL Classification: K10
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Rory O'Connell (Contact Author)
Ulster University - Transitional Justice Institute ( email )
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