Monday, April 13, 2009

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

Rüdiger Wolfrum (Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) & Ulrike Deutsch (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) have published The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions (Springer 2009). Here's the abstract:
The European Court of Human Rights is faced with an enormous and ever-increasing caseload, which poses a considerable threat to the effectiveness of the protection of the rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols. Compiling the contributions of distinguished academics and practitioners who are active in the field of European human rights law, this publication is meant as a contribution to the still ongoing discussion on the reform of the control mechanism of the European Court of Human Rights, which is necessary to prevent a failure of the European system of human rights protection.