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Legislative Remedies before Human Rights Courts
A comparative analysis- Authors:
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- Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Volume 345
- Publisher:
- 29.10.2025
Summary
This book explores the remedial orders of human rights courts that demand from states the reform of domestic laws. This is the first comprehensive study of legislative remedies; comparatively analysing and normatively assessing the practice of the three regional human rights courts in this regard. It will inquire whether legislative remedies are a particularity of human rights adjudication, as well as when and how they are used and the consequences of this use. The book will also show that the use of legislative remedies reflects to a great extent the self-understanding of each human rights court, as well as the context in which they operate and their evolving role in the respective regions.
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- Publication year
- 2025
- Publication date
- 29.10.2025
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-7560-2322-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-7489-4971-8
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht
- Volume
- 345
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 426
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Table of contents
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- Acknowledgements Download chapter (PDF)
- List of Abbreviations Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. “Legislative …” Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. “… Remedies …” Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. “…before Human Rights Courts” Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. Identifying Legislative Measures: the Special Case of Legislative Remedies before the ECtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Comparing the Three Regional Human Rights Courts Download chapter (PDF)
- III. Structure and Overview Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. General Obligations to Legislate Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Obligations to legislate in order to protect specific rights Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Obligations to legislate in order to protect specific groups Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Obligations to legislate in order to prevent and punish specific acts Download chapter (PDF)
- d) Obligations to modify or repeal domestic laws Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. Implicit Obligations to Legislate Download chapter (PDF)
- 4. From Obligations to Legislate to Legislative Remedies: Is There a Victims’ Right to Legislative Reforms? Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The ‘victim requirement’ before human rights courts Download chapter (PDF)
- i. Potential and possible victims before the ECtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- ii. Self-executing laws before the IACtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- iii. The absence of a victim requirement before the ACtHPR Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. The Advisory Review of Legislation Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. From the Review of Legislation to Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Diverging constitutional elements of regional human rights courts Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Individual vs. constitutional justice before human rights courts Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Legislative Remedies as a Sign of Increased Constitutionalisation Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The effects on the domestic legal order Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The predominantly positive nature of legislative remedies before human rights courts Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The moment of the legislative process for issuing remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The increased intrusiveness of legislative remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The legitimacy of legislative remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Legislative remedies and the efficiency of human rights courts Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: Domestic Laws in Three Stages of Human Rights Adjudication Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. The Legal Basis for the ICJ’s Remedial Competence Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. The Precedent at the PCIJ: Factory at Chorzów Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Cessation in the ICJ’s case law Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Legislative reforms as cessation Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Restitution in the ICJ’s case law Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Legislative reforms as restitution Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Compensation in the ICJ’s case law Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Legislative reforms as compensation Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Satisfaction in the ICJ’s case law Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Legislative reforms as satisfaction Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Guarantees of non-repetition in the ICJ’s case law Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Legislative reforms as guarantees of non-repetition Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: The Particular Functions of Remedies in General International Adjudication as a Barrier for Legislative Measures Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. The ARSIWA vis-à-vis the UN Basic Principles Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. The Special Function of Remedies in International Human Rights Adjudication Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The ECHR’s limited remedial provision Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The ACHR’s expansive remedial provision Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The ACHPR’s concise yet wide remedial provision Download chapter (PDF)
- 4. The Specialty of Remedies According to Human Rights Courts Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: The Progressive Specialisation of Remedies before Human Rights Courts Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The evolution of the ECtHR’s remedial practice Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The evolution of the IACtHR’s remedial practice Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The evolution of the ACtHPR’s remedial practice Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The remedial landscape before the European Court of Human Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The remedial landscape before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The remedial landscape before the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Restitution Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Compensation Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Satisfaction Download chapter (PDF)
- d) Rehabilitation Download chapter (PDF)
- e) Guarantees of Non-Repetition Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. The Special Case of Legislative Remedies before the ECtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Human Rights Courts: Positive or Negative Legislators? Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. Legislative Remedies as Guarantees of Non-Repetition? Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: The Self-Understanding of International Courts in Light of their Remedial Practice Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Indigenous communities Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Children Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Prisoners Download chapter (PDF)
- d) Women Download chapter (PDF)
- e) Persons with disabilities Download chapter (PDF)
- i) The independence of judges and prosecutors Download chapter (PDF)
- ii) Restrictions to the military jurisdiction Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The right to be judged within a reasonable time Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The right to appeal before a higher court Download chapter (PDF)
- d) The enforcement of domestic judgments Download chapter (PDF)
- e) Other due process rights Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Property rights in the context of transitions to democracy Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Property rights in the context of state succession Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Property rights in post-conflict situations Download chapter (PDF)
- d) Property rights of indigenous communities Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The incompatibility of electoral laws before the ACtHPR Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Prisoners’ voting rights before the ECtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Political participation and the rights of elected officials before the IACtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Statelessness in the context of state succession Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Deprivation of citizenship in the context of migration Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The offences of libel, slander and defamation Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The regulation of public access to information Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Other freedom of expression-related issues Download chapter (PDF)
- 7. Amnesty Laws Download chapter (PDF)
- 8. Mandatory Death Penalty Download chapter (PDF)
- 9. Constitutional Issues Download chapter (PDF)
- 10. Codification of Criminal Offences Download chapter (PDF)
- 11. Others Download chapter (PDF)
- II. Different Intensities in the Use of Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: A Common Understanding with Different Priorities Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Judicial review of legislation and parliamentary sovereignty Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The additional complexity of the international judicial review of legislation Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Deference and Democratic Conditions Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. A ‘Margin of Deliberation’ Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. The ECtHR’s Margin of Appreciation Doctrine vis-à-vis the Legislature Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. The IACtHR’s Conventionality Control Doctrine vis-à-vis the Legislature Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Negative legislative remedies and the specification of a provision Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Positive legislative remedies and the specification of an outcome Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Neutral legislative remedies and the attached discretion Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The European approach: prescribing the introduction of a domestic remedy Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The Inter-American approach: referrals to the reasoning Download chapter (PDF)
- c) The African approach: prioritising legislative incompatibilities Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: A Margin of Deliberation for Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- a) Resisting the ECtHR Download chapter (PDF)
- b) Limiting access to the ACtHPR Download chapter (PDF)
- c) Exiting the ACHR Download chapter (PDF)
- a) The ‘Interlaken Process’ in Europe Download chapter (PDF)
- b) The ‘Five Presidents Declaration’ in the Americas Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. Empirical Studies on Compliance with Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. The Reasons for the Low Rates of Compliance with Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. Impact beyond Compliance Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. Changes in the Use of Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Lowering of Compliance Requirements Download chapter (PDF)
- Interim Conclusion: System-Dependent Consequences of Legislative Remedies Download chapter (PDF)
- I. Main Findings Download chapter (PDF)
- II. Nomative Assessment Download chapter (PDF)
- BibliographyPages 367 - 396 Download chapter (PDF)
- A. Treaties Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. Permanent Court of International Justice Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. International Court of Justice Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. Inter-American Court of Human Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- 4. European Court of Human Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- 5. African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights Download chapter (PDF)
- 6. Domestic Courts Download chapter (PDF)
- 7. Arbitral Aawards Download chapter (PDF)
- 1. Organization of American States Download chapter (PDF)
- 2. Council of Europe Download chapter (PDF)
- 3. African Union Download chapter (PDF)
- 4. United Nations Download chapter (PDF)
- 5. Others Download chapter (PDF)
