Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the interpretation of fundamental rights in the Federal Republic of Germany Cover Image

Wpływ europejskiej Konwencji Praw Człowieka na interpretację praw podstawowych w RFN
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the interpretation of fundamental rights in the Federal Republic of Germany

Author(s): Magdalena Bainczyk
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: fundamental rights; German Constitutional Court; European Convention on HumanRights; European Constitutional Courts

Summary/Abstract: In the process of European integration human rights protection has become one of the most prominent values. Nevertheless, the application of standards derived from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and from case law of the European Court on Human Rights still meets some obstacles at a national level. This article examines the legal nature of the foundation for the application of ECHR in Germany, especially Art. 1 para. 2 of the German Basic Law, but mostly focuses on the application of ECHR from the point of view of the German Constitutional Court.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 35-51
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish