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The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions

International Workshop, Heidelberg, December 17-18, 2007

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Ulrike Deutsch
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  2. Rüdiger Wolfrum
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Part of the book series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht (BEITRÄGE, volume 205)

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications:Problems and Possible Solutions

    • Christian Tomuschat
    Pages 1-18

  3. Discussion Following the Presentation by Christian Tomuschat

    • Christian Tomuschat
    Pages 19-28

  4. The Admissibility Stage: The Pros and Cons of a Certiorari Procedure for Individual Applications

    • Rudolf Bernhardt
    Pages 29-36

  5. Discussion Following the Presentation by Rudolf Bernhardt

    • Rudolf Bernhardt
    Pages 37-50

  6. The Interaction Between National Protection of Human Rights and the ECtHR

    • Jochen Abr. Frowein
    Pages 51-54

  7. Discussion Following the Presentation by Jochen Abr. Frowein

    • Jochen Abr. Frowein
    Pages 55-67

  8. Pilot Judgments in Cases of Structural or Systemic Problems on the National Level

    • Luzius Wildhaber
    Pages 69-75

  9. Discussion Following the Presentation by Luzius Wildhaber

    • Luzius Wildhaber
    Pages 77-92

  10. Fair Trial and Excessive Length of Proceedings as Focal Points of the ECtHR’s Increasing Caseload

    • Mark Villiger
    Pages 93-102

  11. Discussion Following the Presentation by Mark Villiger

    • Mark Villiger
    Pages 103-119

  12. Concluding Remarks

    • Rüdiger Wolfrum
    Pages 121-122

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 1-8
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About this book

The European Court of Human Rights is faced with a huge and ev- growing workload. Up until 1998, the Court pronounced only 837 judgments, while it rendered 4. 000 judgments in the last three years alone. On 18 September 2008, the European Court of Human Rights th delivered its 10. 000 judgment; currently, there are some 100. 000 cases pending before the Court. This enormous caseload is both a testimony to the Court’s success and of the considerable threat posed to the eff- tiveness of the protection of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols. Moreover, Protocol No. 14, which was intended to alleviate the problem by - creasing the efficiency of the Court, is still not in force. This publication is intended to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the reforms that are necessary to prevent a failure of the Eu- pean system of human rights protection. It compiles the contributions of a workshop which took place on 17-18 December 2007 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and the discussions following the presentations. The c- vening of this workshop was recommended by Christian Tomuschat. The conference brought together academics and practitioners and thus offered an excellent opportunity for the discussion of possible - proaches to the dilemma.

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“Book, edited by Rüdiger Wolfrum and Ulrike Deutsch, is based on a workshop which was held … in Heidelberg in December 2007. … incorporates not only the original presentations but also the corresponding high level discussions. Reading these discussions one gets a quick but thorough overview of possible positions and avenues which can be taken. … a valuable overview of different views and approaches to a problem which needs to be solved in order to maintain a high standard of human rights protection in Europe.” (Julia Cortolezis, European Yearbook of Human Rights, 2011)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions

  • Book Subtitle: International Workshop, Heidelberg, December 17-18, 2007

  • Editors: Ulrike Deutsch, Rüdiger Wolfrum

  • Series Title: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93960-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-93959-7Published: 27 March 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10105-2Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-93960-3Published: 21 April 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0172-4770

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7135

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 128

  • Topics: Human Rights

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