In Malone v. UK (Plenary 1984), the right to an effective domestic remedy in the European Convention on Human Rights Article 13 was famously described as one of the most obscure clauses in the Convention. Since then, the European Court of Human Rights has reinforced the scope and application of the right. Through an analysis of virtually all of the Court's judgments concerning Article 13, the book exhaustively accounts for the development and current scope and content of the right. The book also provides normative recommendations on how the Court could further develop the right, most notably how it could be a tool to regulate the relationship between domestic and international protection of human rights. In doing so, the book situates itself within larger debates on the enforcement of the entire Convention such as the principle of subsidiarity and the procedural turn in the Court's case law.

The most comprehensive analysis of the right to effective domestic remedies in the European Convention on Human Rights Article 13.

About the Author
Michael Reiertsen is judge in Borgarting Court of Appeals, Oslo, Norway. He is a former researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, and adviser in the Legislation department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice. He served as expert in the Council of Europe Committee of Experts for the improvement of procedures of the protection of human rights (DH-PR) (2008 to 2012).


Book Information
ISBN 9781009153546
Author Michael Reiertsen
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 25mm