The doctrine of conventionality control

between uniformity and legal pluralism in the Inter-American Human Rights System

The creation of the doctrine of conventionality control is one of the most recent and ambitious efforts undertaken by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to increase the effectiveness of and compliance with the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) at the State level. It ...

Towards shared accountability in international Human Rights Law

Law, procedures and principles

Winner of the 2015 Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award. Non-State actors, principally corporations and international organizations, as well as foreign States, influence decision-making. This reality particularly affects the enjoyment and implementation of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights. Alongside what has become a ...

The common interest in International Law

What lies in the common interest of the international community? How are those common interests protected? What is the role of states and of the international community? The Common Interest in International Law provides answers to these key questions that international law is faced with ...

National constitutional identity and european integration

'National constitutional identity' has become the new 'buzz word' in European constitutionalism over the past few years. Much has been written about the concept involving the Member States' national constitutional identities: it has been welcomed for (finally) accommodating constitutional particularities in EU law, demonised for ...

The role of Constitutional Courts in multilevel governance

Constitutional review has not only expanded geographically; it has also expanded in its mission and function, acquiring new subject areas and new roles and responsibilities. In examining these new roles and responsibilities, this collection reflects on constitutional review as an aspect of constitutionalism framed in ...

Human Rights protection inthe european legal order

the interaction between the european and the national courts

Ensuring the protection of human rights in Europe has become a highly complex exercise. Where courts are faced with a human rights claim, they not only have to examine the validity of that claim, but they also need to have a clear understanding of the ...