The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as an International Treaty and a Source of Individual Rights

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the legal nature of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as a special treaty under international human rights law. The article focuses on the twofold nature of the Convention. First, it presents the Convention as an international treaty, and thus as a source of specific obligations of states-parties. Second, it presents the Convention as the source of fundamental individual human rights. The article also discusses the role of ECtHR case law in the context of fundamental individual human rights.

Keywords

• human rights law
• international protection of human rights
• fundamental rights
• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• European Court of Human Rights