Забраната за дискриминация в практиката на Европейския съд по правата на човека
The Prohibition of Discrimination in the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

Author(s): Boyka Cherneva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Prohibition of Discrimination; Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights
Summary/Abstract: The Protection against discrimination is based on the idea of social justice and aims to guarantee equal access to rights. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms establishes a general prohibition of discrimination in the exercise of any other right protected by the ECHR (Article 14). Protocol № 12 to the ECHR extends the scope of the prohibition of discrimination to any right established by law. The report examines the different approaches in the Case-law of the European Court of Rights in the application of Article 14 of the ECHR. Depending on the established violation; the protection against discrimination is accessory or independent. The Particular attention is paid to the practice of the ECtHR in cases against Bulgaria.

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