Contributing to the ongoing discussion about the rationale for anti-discrimination law, this paper examines the foundations of equality law through the concrete study of the prohibition of age-based discrimination in Europe. It intends to undertake a comparison between European Union (EU) Law and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights (...
Published in Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
The number of countries allowing same-sex marriage is gradually increasing. Currently, 37 countries have laws regulating same-sex marriages, specifying their status and/or the possibility of adopting children. These solutions counter discrimination against same-sex couples and are part of the protection of human rights. Against the background of ot...
Freedom of religion is one of the fundamental fundamental rights. As a human right, it is guaranteed by international law, European law, as well as national laws. It is a right that presents many challenges, especially in the context of the conflict between individual freedom, equality, and between individual autonomy and the collective freedoms of...
Published in Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
The present paper aims to investigate prisoners’ rights to use and access the Internet, focusing on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The study’s principal objective is to assess the fundamental rights aspects of Internet access, particularly within the context of relevant EU legislation, and to interpret how the digi...
Published in Law and Development Review
This article examines the status and importance of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Jurisprudence in the national legal system of the Republic of Kosovo. This will be accomplished by pursuing two main paths: first, by a doctrinal analysis of the constitutional status of the ECHR and the Juris...
The European Convention on Human Rights is a living instrument that is to be interpreted in line with present-day conditions. This concept is of particular importance when the European Court is faced with examining the human rights consequences of climate change. As the ECHR does not explicitly cover the climate, such an examination must be done th...
Published in Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
This article addresses the migration crisis on the Polish–Belarusian border. The authors believe that the actions of the Polish authorities violated the requirements set by human rights standards, including the obligations arising from Poland’s membership of the EU and the Council of Europe. This is confirmed not only by legal doctrine and the repo...
The paper studies the jurisprudence of the Spanish Constitutional Court, the Spanish Supreme Court, the ECtHR and the CJEU on the honor of commercial companies. From the case law of the Supreme Court examined, it is clear that the protection of the honor of commercial companies by our courts is rather timid. The doctrine according to which the hono...
Case note under European Court of Human Rights, judgment of 1 September 2022 ‒ 885/12 – Safarov v Azerbaijan (finding a violation of Art 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR).
