Publication details
The Czech Republic and the European Court of Human Rights in 2011
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In the last ten years the Czech Republic appeared before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 166 occasions, and in only five judgments the Court did not find any violation. Still, the Czech Republic is among the countries which do not have serious problems in fulfilling their obligations resulting from the European Convention on Human Rights. Not surprisingly, the overwhelming majority of decisions dealt with the right to a fair trial (Article 6). The Court ruled that the right to a fair trial or the provision about the length of proceedings was violated in 132 cases. The article begins with a quantitative glance at ECtHR’s judgments which shows the success rate and activism of Czech applicants over the last decade. As the aim of the article is to present current rulings of the Strasbourg Court against the Czech Republic, the main emphasis is put on the analysis of cases decided in 2011. The authors provide an overview of 15 cases which are presented in a subject matter order. Although the vast majority of cases are about violations of Article 6, there are a few exceptions. It was precisely these exceptions which caused greater debate among Czech academic society. |