Basis for the criticism to the European Court of Human Rights in the case Del Río Prada v. Spain

Authors

  • Yaelle Cacho Sánchez

Keywords:

Del Río Prada, European Convention of Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, conditions of exercise of its functions, execution of judgments

Abstract

The statements and criticisms regarding the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on October 21 2013 in Del Rio Prada v. Spain through the media went beyond the arguments of Grand Chamber, to raise issues such as the role played by the Spanish judge or even the disobedience to Strasbourg. All these reviews result in significant legal questions regarding the role of the European Court of Human Rights as an international mechanism for the protection of human rights, the conditions of exercise of its functions by the judges, or the nature and execution of judgments.
Beyond the decision of the Court itself and the facts and arguments on which it is based, this paper focuses on the analysis of these issues in finding the legal arguments underlying the criticism of the sentence in the case of Del Río Prada v. Spain.

Issue

Section

STUDIES