The Right to Political Participation (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of the Judgments of the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights
Redaktion: Citroni, Gabriella; Tanzarella, Palmina; Spigno, Irene

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comparative analysis of how judgments from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) affect political participation and electoral justice at the national level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000517972
• Artikelnr.: 63149599

Autorenporträt

Gabriella Citroni is Researcher in International Law and Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). She is in charge of the course on "Enforced Disappearances in International Law" at the LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights organised by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She acts as senior legal advisor of the NGO TRIAL International. She has published extensively in the field of international human rights law. Irene Spigno is General Director of the Inter-American Academy of Human Rights of the Autonomous University of Coahuila (Mexico) and Director of its Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Constitutional Law from the University of Siena in Italy and is full professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Autonomous University of Coahuila (Mexico). Her research interests include freedom of expression, and in particular hate speech, constitutional justice, multiculturalism in comparative perspective, and gender studies. Palmina Tanzarella is Researcher in Constitutional Law at University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). She teaches Italian and European Constitutional Law and State Building. She published on the European and Inter-American protection of Human Rights. At present, her research includes hate speech as limitation of freedom of expression in the European framework. She collaborates as advisor with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Role of International Human Rights Courts in Ensuring the
Right to Political Participation and Promoting Sustainable Democracy
Part I - The European Court of Human Rights.
1. 1. The (Not) Impact of the European Court of Human Rights' Judgement on
the Protection of Political Rights in Azerbaijan
2. Crackdown on Dissent: The Court of Strasbourg and the Right to Vote in
Bulgaria
3. The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Securing Voting Rights
Of Minorities in the Ethnically-Divided Republic of Cyprus
4. The Right to Vote of Persons with Mental Disabilities in Hungary under
Art. 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights
5. Italian Democracy in Strasbourg and the Compliance with Europe-an Court'
Judgments on Political Rights. A Light in a Dark Panorama
6. Democracy and Political Participation in the Countries of the Former
Yugoslavia: A Complicated Combination Under the Lens of the European Court
of Human Rights
7. At Any Cost? The Economic and Legal Response of Romania to the European
Court of Human Rights Judgments Relating to Art. 3 of Protocol 1 to the
Euro-pean Convention on Human Rights
8. Right to Vote and the Right to have the Last Word: Russia and the
European Court of Human Rights Facing Political Rights
9. . Democracy And The Right To Free Elections In Turkey. What Role For The
European Court Of Human Rights?
10. Prisoners' Voting Rights and the Long-Lasting Political Resistance to
the Implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' Judgments
Part. II- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
11. The Protection of the Political Rights of Minorities in the
Inter-American System. An Analysis of the Norin Catrimán Case and the Right
to Political Participation in the State of Chile
12. Threats Against Political Rights and Democracy in Colombia: Execution
of Political Leaders
13. Political Rights of Human Rights Defenders and Indigenous Lead-ers in
the Inter-American Court: A Case Study from Guatemala
14. Electoral Rights In Nicaragua: The Unbearable Lightness of
Non-Implementation?
15. Political Rights in Venezuela: An Outstanding Issue
Part III - An Empirical Assessment Based on Political Economy.
16. The Relationship Between the Courts of Human Rights Decisions and Voter
Turnout. An Empirical Analysis on Europe and Latin America
Conclusions: Are Contemporary Democracies Sustainable? Some Concluding
Remarks