The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Deutsch, Ulrike (Editor), Wolfrum, Rüdiger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 205
• Subjects: Law.; Human rights.; Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights is faced with a huge and ev- growing workload. Up until 1998, the Court pronounced only 837 judgments, while it rendered 4. 000 judgments in the last three years alone. On 18 September 2008, the European Court of Human Rights th delivered its 10. 000 judgment; curr...

Table of Contents:

• The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications:Problems and Possible Solutions
• Discussion Following the Presentation by Christian Tomuschat
• The Admissibility Stage: The Pros and Cons of a Certiorari Procedure for Individual Applications
• Discussion Following the Presentation by Rudolf Bernhardt
• The Interaction Between National Protection of Human Rights and the ECtHR
• Discussion Following the Presentation by Jochen Abr. Frowein
• Pilot Judgments in Cases of Structural or Systemic Problems on the National Level
• Discussion Following the Presentation by Luzius Wildhaber
• Fair Trial and Excessive Length of Proceedings as Focal Points of the ECtHR’s Increasing Caseload
• Discussion Following the Presentation by Mark Villiger
• Concluding Remarks.