The Role of Civil Society in Monitoring the Executive in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights: Recasting the Rule of Law

Tsampi, Aikaterini

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“…Since then, the ECtHR confirmed its systemic approach combining rule of law, separation of powers and independence of the judiciary, including in the context of article 46 reasonings(Tsampi 2022).…”

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Applying old tools to new challenges: The necessary adaptation of the French and ECtHR judges to emergency as a new paradigm of government

Laur

2024

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As states of emergency are becoming increasingly pervasive, courts can no longer rely on deferential approaches based on the assumption that emergencies are exceptional and temporary. This article investigates two mechanisms of judicial review in the case law of the ECtHR, French Constitutional Council and Council of State. The first mechanism is the review of the existence of the circumstances justifying the exceptional powers and restrictions on human rights. The second is the misuse of power or détournement de pouvoir doctrine. The article argues that both these elements of judicial review are under exploited while presenting the advantage of being readily available – therefore requiring no judicial creation – and offering strong bases to curb abuses of emergency powers. Examined at two different levels, national and regional, these two lines of reasoning, if deployed appropriately, might inspire further jurisdictions faced with similar emergency challenges. A medida que los estados de excepción se están volviendo cada vez más frecuentes, los tribunales ya no pueden confiar en enfoques deferentes basados en el supuesto de que las situaciones de excepción son excepcionales y temporales. Este artículo investiga dos mecanismos de revisión judicial en la jurisprudencia del TEDH, el Consejo Constitucional francés y el Consejo de Estado. El primer mecanismo es la revisión de la existencia de las circunstancias que justifican los poderes excepcionales y las restricciones a los derechos humanos. El segundo es la doctrina del abuso de poder o détournement de pouvoir. El artículo sostiene que esos dos elementos de la revisión judicial están infrautilizados, al tiempo que presentan la ventaja de estar fácilmente disponibles -por lo que no requieren creación judicial- y ofrecen bases sólidas para frenar los abusos de los poderes de excepción. Examinadas en dos niveles diferentes, nacional y regional, estas dos líneas de razonamiento, si se utilizan adecuadamente, podrían inspirar a otras jurisdicciones que se enfrentan a retos de emergencia similares.

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Applying old tools to new challenges: The necessary adaptation of the French and ECtHR judges to emergency as a new paradigm of government

Laur

2024

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Are We There Yet? Romania’s Semi-Peripheral Rule of Law

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2024

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2024

European Yearbook of International Economic Law

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WTO members are currently leveraging plurilateral negotiations to advance reforms of WTO rules. Among these efforts, the TESSD has been established to facilitate plurilateral discussions on environmental sustainability. However, TESSD’s role in promoting sustainable development within WTO negotiations is somewhat constrained. This mechanism specifically focuses on advancing plurilateral negotiations related to environmental issues and does not address broader concerns such as economic development, social rights, or FTAs.To achieve comprehensive reform of international trade rules, WTO members must establish an effective mechanism for coordinating their actions both within and beyond the WTO framework. This approach should encompass all aspects of sustainable development. To address this need, I propose the creation of a sustainable development club. This club would enhance cooperation among like-minded countries and institutionalise their collective efforts (See Sect. 7.3.3.). Through this mechanism, member countries could align their sustainable development and trade policies, develop harmonised legal norms and dispute resolution processes, and bolster their efforts to reform WTO rules.I propose that WTO members committed to sustainable development undertake a three-step process to reform the WTO’s multilateral trade rules.First, these members should sign the TSDA outside the WTO framework to establish a comprehensive sustainable trade regime. The TSDA should encompass the sustainable development values pursued by the parties, strategies to achieve these values, legal norms, dispute resolution mechanisms, and a periodic review process. Ideally, the parties would include the majority, if not all, members of the RCEP, EU FTAs, USMCA, and the CPTPP. By coordinating their development and trade policies through this sustainable development club, these major FTA parties can work together to reform WTO rules in alignment with their shared policies.Second, after signing the TSDA, the parties should issue a joint ministerial statement at the WTO Ministerial Conference to expand the TESSD’s scope to include all trade-related sustainable development issues. This step would enable the sustainable development club to influence the reform of WTO rules across all dimensions of sustainable development.Finally, the TSDA parties would negotiate various plurilateral sustainable development agreements within the sustainable development club and invite other WTO members to join these negotiations. I will elaborate on these proposals in the following sections.

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The Role of Civil Society in Monitoring the Executive in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights: Recasting the Rule of Law

Cited by 4 publications

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Applying old tools to new challenges: The necessary adaptation of the French and ECtHR judges to emergency as a new paradigm of government

Applying old tools to new challenges: The necessary adaptation of the French and ECtHR judges to emergency as a new paradigm of government

Are We There Yet? Romania’s Semi-Peripheral Rule of Law

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