TEMPORAL LIMITS OF THE NOTIONS OF “REASONABLE TIME,” “PROMPTLY” AND “SPEEDILY” OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
TEMPORAL LIMITS OF THE NOTIONS OF “REASONABLE TIME,” “PROMPTLY” AND “SPEEDILY” OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Summary/Abstract: The notions “reasonable time,” “promptly” and “speedily” refer to totally different periods, aspect confirmed by the accepted legal principle and relevant jurisprudence of the European Court on Human Rights. This way, “promptly,” characterised by the idea of iminence, is smaller than “speedily,” which on its turn, it is shorter than the “reasonable time” provided by the Article 5 paragraph 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. With regard to the extent of the two notions of “reasonable term,” the term provided by the Article 5 paragraph 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights is shorter than the one provided by the Article 6 paragraph 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In case of failure to comply with the guarantees established by the text of the European Convention on Human Rights, the responsibility of the member states is undertook, with the purpose of efficiency of the judicial process.

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