The Positive Obligations of the State Under the European Convention of Human Rights (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law) - Hardcover

Xenos, Dimitris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415668123 ISBN 13: 9780415668125

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

The system of the European Convention of Human Rights imposes positive obligations on the state to human rights in circumstances where state agents dot not directly interfere. In addition to the traditional/liberal negative obligation of non-interference, the state must actively protect the human rights of individuals residing within its jurisdiction. The liability of the state in terms of positive obligations induces a freestanding imperative of human rights that changes fundamentally the perception of the role of the state and the participatory ability of the individual, who can now assert their human rights in all circumstances in which they are relevant. In that regard, positive obligations herald the most advanced review of the state s business ever attempted in international law. The book undertakes a comprehensive study of positive obligations: from establishing the legitimacy of positive obligations within the system of the Convention to their practical

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Dimitris Xenos is a Lecturer at the University of East London. He also acts as a legal consultant on issues of human rights law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415668123
• ISBN 13: 9780415668125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272