The Court’s Ears and Arms: National Human Rights Institutions and the European Court of Human Rights

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE: COMPARATIVE, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Katrien Meuwissen, Jan Wouters, eds., Antwerp: Intersentia, 2013

12 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2012 Last revised: 10 Nov 2012

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Antoine Buyse

Utrecht University - School of Law; Utrecht University - School of Law; Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) ; Utrecht University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: July 9, 2012

Abstract

This book chapter explores the ways through which human rights protection in the European system can be improved by national human rights institutions (NHRIs). NHRIs can play a key role in strengthening the supervision and implementation of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) before, during and after the procedure in Strasbourg. In the first phase, NHRIs can help to better inform the public about the Convention system, specifically about the admissibility criteria, and give advice to potential applicants. During the proceedings before the European Court, NHRIs can bring in an independent national perspective - or as a group of NHRIs, a comparative European perspective - by way of a third party intervention. Finally, once the Court has delivered its judgment, NHRIs can facilitate implementation nationally through their advisory, agenda-setting and watchdog functions. In doing so, NHRIs can be highly important channels of information from the national level to the European Court and vice versa.

Keywords: ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, National Human Rights Institutions

Suggested Citation

Buyse, Antoine and Buyse, Antoine, The Court’s Ears and Arms: National Human Rights Institutions and the European Court of Human Rights (July 9, 2012). NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE: COMPARATIVE, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Katrien Meuwissen, Jan Wouters, eds., Antwerp: Intersentia, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2102496

Antoine Buyse (Contact Author)

Utrecht University - School of Law ( email )

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Utrecht University - School of Law ( email )

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Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) ( email )

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Utrecht, 3512 HT
Netherlands
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HOME PAGE: http://https://www.uu.nl/staff/ACBuyse/0

Utrecht University - Faculty of Law ( email )

Achter sint Pieter 200
Utrecht, 3512 HT
Netherlands
+31.30.253.8510 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.uu.nl/staff/ACBuyse/0

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