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President of the European Court of Human Rights - Dean Spielmann

President of the European Court of Human Rights - Dean Spielmann

The Interview vor 12 Jahren

Is the European Court of Human Rights an infringement on national sovereignty?

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Eight hundred million Europeans’ fundamental rights and liberties
are supposed to be safeguarded by the European Court of Human
Rights. It is an institution steeped in European idealism and
ambition, but does it work? Hardtalk speaks to the President of
the Strasbourg based court Dean Spielmann. Critics condemn it as
an undemocratic, unaccountable infringement on national
sovereignty - do they have a case?

(Photo: President of the European Court of Human Rights, judge
Dean Spielmann. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)