Conversations with friends: 'friends of the Court' interventions of the state parties to the European Convention on Human Rights

Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-6109 (2023) Conversations with friends: 'friends of the Court' interventions of the state parties to the European Convention on Human Rights. LEGAL STUDIES, 43 (3). pp. 381-401.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The European Convention on Human Rights allows its Contracting Parties to submit third-party interventions. This paper analyses the reasons for engagement of the states with the European Court of Human Rights beyond what they are strictly expected to do: respond in contentious cases and execute judgments. It is argued here that the states mainly engage with the Court for the purposes of self-interest. This paper fills the gap in the literature by substantiating this claim using empirical methods of content analysis of the case law and research interviews with the governmental representatives. Finally, this paper looks at the impact of third-party interventions on the Court's reasoning and concludes that the Court is aware of the aims of the national governments and bears those aims in mind.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	European Court of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, third-party interventions, international adjudication
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2022 11:41
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2023 10:00
DOI:	10.1017/lst.2022.54
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3166221