Date: 1991
Type: Thesis
The privatization of European Human Rights : a case-law analisys of the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the sphere of relations between non-state-actors with special reference to the United Kingdom's legal order
Florence : European University Institute, 1991, EUI, LAW, PhD Thesis
CLAPHAM, Andrew, The privatization of European Human Rights : a case-law analisys of the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the sphere of relations between non-state-actors with special reference to the United Kingdom's legal order, Florence : European University Institute, 1991, EUI, LAW, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/4600
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This thesis challenges several traditional assumptions concerning human rights. In particular it challenges the presumption that the fundamental rights and freedoms contained in the European Convention on Human Rights are irrelevant for cases which concern the sphere of relations between individuals. It asks whether victims should be protected from non-state actors, and attempts to develop a coherent approach to 'human rights in the private sphere’. It is the application of human rights law to the actions of private bodies which this thesis labels 'the privatization of human rights'. The research concentrates on the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights, and their enforcement in the courts of the United Kingdom and at the European level: at the European Commission and Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Additional information:
Defence date: 21 June 1991; Examining board: Prof. Juan Antonio Carrillo Salçedo (University of Seville) ; Prof. Antonio Cassese (European University Institute) ; Prof. Luis María Díez-Picazo Ginénez (European University Institute) ; Dr. Andrew Drzemczewski (Directorate of Human Rights, Council of Europe) ; Sir Vincent Evans (Judge, European Court of Human Rights); PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017; First made available in Open Access: 12 April 2024
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/4600
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/29855
Series/Number: EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: Human rights -- Europe
Published version: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76786