Abstract

Substantive Equality in the European Court of Human Rights?

Rory O'Connell
Queen's University Belfast - School of Law - Human Rights Centre

Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 107, No. 129, 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 Classifications: K10

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: March 31, 2009 ; Last revised: March 31, 2009

Suggested Citation

O'Connell, Rory, Substantive Equality in the European Court of Human Rights? (March, 31 2009). Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 107, No. 129, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1370904

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Rory O'Connell (Contact Author)

Queen's University Belfast - School of Law - Human Rights Centre ( email )

Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1NN
United Kingdom
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