Open AccessThe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as an International Treaty and a Source of Individual Rights
Author(s) -
Aleksander Gadkowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
przegląd prawniczy uniwersytetu im. adama mickiewicza
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-0976
pISSN - 2083-9782
DOI - 10.14746/ppuam.2021.13.04
Subject(s) - treaty , fundamental rights , human rights , international human rights law , political science , convention , law , right to property , law and economics , sociology
The aim of this paper is to present the legal nature of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as a special treaty under international human rights law. The article focuses on the twofold nature of the Convention. First, it presents the Convention as an international treaty, and thus as a source of specific obligations of states-parties. Second, it presents the Convention as the source of fundamental individual human rights. The article also discusses the role of ECtHR case law in the context of fundamental individual human rights.