The European Court of Human Rights and (Framework Convention on) Tobacco Control

extraterritorial effect of the european convention on human rights in the case-law of the european court of human rights

article 1 of the european convention on human rights provides that the contracting parties shall secure to everyone ‘within their jurisdiction’ the rights and freedoms defined in the convention. at a technical level, the key question is how one should interpret the word ‘jurisdiction’ in article 1. this article plays a key role in the convention system since it sets out the limits on the obliga...

European Court Says Human Right Convention Protects Gay Adoption Rights

European Convention on Human Rights

Human rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: mutually reinforcing systems1

This article explores the connection between human rights and tobacco control, and in particular, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). We address rights-based arguments used by the tobacco industry to argue against tobacco regulation. We demonstrate the weakness of these arguments, and that tobacco control and human rights are, in fact, not in conflict, but are mutually reinforci...

the new european court of human rights

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