Tacit Citing - The Scarcity of Judicial Dialogue between the Global and the Regional Human Rights Mechanisms in Freedom of Expression Cases

Tarlach McGonagle and Yvonne Donders, The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives (2013, Forthcoming)

15 Pages Posted: 15 Jun 2013

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Antoine Buyse

Utrecht University - School of Law; Utrecht University - School of Law; Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) ; Utrecht University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: June 14, 2013

Abstract

This chapter delves into the issue of possible interactions concerning freedom of expression standards between the global and the regional levels. The continuing development and interpretation of human rights norms on these two levels poses questions of coherence. The chapter conducts a case study in order to assess whether there is a (quasi-)judicial dialogue between both levels. Specifically, the norm of freedom of expression contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as interpreted by the UN Human Rights Committee, is compared with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This specific comparison has been chosen because the Strasbourg system is usually considered to be the most developed and detailed in the sense of norm-interpretation and therefore provides the greatest chance of conducting a viable comparison with the UN level. The chapter also includes a short comparison with the American and African regional human rights systems in this respect. Does the one explicitly refer to the interpretations of the other and vice versa or is any guidance only taken up implicitly? Can either of the two be seen as trend-setters or rather as followers and is there coherence between the two levels of norm-interpretation? These are some of the questions that are addressed in the present chapter.

Keywords: judicial dialogue, ECHR, human rights, ICCPR

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Buyse, Antoine and Buyse, Antoine, Tacit Citing - The Scarcity of Judicial Dialogue between the Global and the Regional Human Rights Mechanisms in Freedom of Expression Cases (June 14, 2013). Tarlach McGonagle and Yvonne Donders, The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives (2013, Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2279350

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Utrecht University - School of Law ( email )

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Utrecht University - Faculty of Law ( email )

Achter sint Pieter 200
Utrecht, 3512 HT
Netherlands
+31.30.253.8510 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.uu.nl/staff/ACBuyse/0

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