Alan Greene
Separating Normalcy from Emergency: The Jurisprudence of Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Greene, Alan
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Abstract
This article argues that the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) approach to the interpretation of Article 15 ignores the concept of. By principally analyzing Lawless v. Ireland and A v. the United Kingdom, this article discerns that the ECtHR focuses only on whether the measures in acted on foot of a declaration of emergency are proportionate to the exigencies of the situation. This results in the erosion of the “shielding effect” of Article 15 (constraining emergency powers to instances where a “threat to the life of the nation” exists), leaving only its role as an “enabler” of human rights encroachments intact. In light of this assertion, this article argues for the ECtHR to take a less-deferential role towards “national authorities” when assessing states of emergency.
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Greene, A. (2011). Separating Normalcy from Emergency: The Jurisprudence of Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights. German law journal, 12(10), 1764-1785
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 2011 |
Deposit Date | Sep 19, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 26, 2015 |
Journal | GERMAN LAW JOURNAL |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 1764-1785 |
Publisher URL | https://www.germanlawjournal.com/index.php?pageID=11&artID=1384 |
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First published in the German law journal., 12 (10). pp. 1764-1785.
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