Practice of European litigations before the ECHR
Etablissement : Faculté de Droit – Lille et Issy-les-Moulineaux
Langue : Anglais
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
Période : S2
- Basic knowledge of the European human rights and fundamental liberties framework.
2. Basic oral and written legal argumentation skills
3. Basic knowledge of comparative criminal law and procedural guarantees.
- Understanding of the ECHR framework, its purpose, its application.
- Understanding of the ECtHR structure and procedure – admissibility, pilot judgements.
- Knowledge of the litigation process before the ECtHR – the application of the ECHR from the perspective of different parties.
Tutorial 1
- Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR – rules of procedure, structure of the court, structure of proceedings
- Inadmissibility on the basis of jurisdiction, procedural grounds for inadmissibility, inadmissibility based on merits
- Case study – admissibility in practice, written assignment preparation
Tutorial 2
- The ECHR in practice – non-absolute rights, the tests applied by the Court in case law
- Derogation in states of emergency
Tutorial 3
- Absolute rights, the tests applied by the Court in case law
- Procedural guarantees in the ECtHR – fair trial rights, the right to appeal, presumption of innocence
- Procedural guarantees for applicants and the State in front of the ECtHR
Tutorial 4
- Evidence before the Court and third party submissions
- Moot court preparation Oral examination – mini moot court
