LIFERS BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SOME REASONS FOR CONCERN AND DISAPPOINTMENT
LIFERS BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SOME REASONS FOR CONCERN AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Author(s): José NÚÑEZ FERNÁNDEZSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Editura Bibliotheca
Keywords: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR); European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); lifers; life sentences; human dignity; right to hope; criminal dangerousness; public protection; re-socialization;
Summary/Abstract: Lifer´s human rights are still far from being properly acknowledged by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Recent Grand Chamber judgments such as Vinter and others v. United Kingdom (2013), Murray v. The Netherlands (2016) and Hutchinson v.United Kingdom (2017) bring in some contradictions and inconsistencies that feature a rather poor and hypocritical defense of human dignity. Here is an attempt to explain some of these problems that call for a much more committed approach by the ECtHR in relation to those who might spend the rest of their life in prison.
Journal: Valahia University Law Study
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: SI
- Page Range: 100-109
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
