Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
This paper analyzes the prospects and risks associated with the extension of the European Convention on Human Rights' (ECHR) to Central and Eastern Europe. It addresses the likely impact of this extension not only on the Eastern and Central European countries who have recently become members of the Council of Europe but also its impact on the procedures of the Commission and Court in Strasbourg and the general efficacy of the ECHR system in Europe. Inevitably much of this paper will represent speculation as to likely events over the next ten or twenty years. In trying to anticipate these events, it is necessary to reflect on the origins of the ECHR, the assumptions made at the time of its creation and the reasons for its success as an effective international instrument for the protection of human rights.
Recommended Citation
Seymour, David, "The Extension of the European Convention on Human Rights to Central and Eastern Europe: Prospects and Risks" (1993). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 208.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/208
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