Title: Consensus-based interpretation of regional human rights treaties /
Authors: Pascual Vives, Francisco José
Year: 2019
Subjects: International human rights courts; International and municipal law; International law and human rights; Regionalism (International organization); International and municipal law; International human rights courts; International law and human rights; Regionalism (International organization); Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit; Menschenrecht; Rechtsprechung; Regionalismus
Contents: The notion of consensus in public international law -- The challenges arising from the specialization and sectoralization of public international law -- Subsidiarity as a general principle in international human rights law -- Evolutive interpretation as a method of interpretation in public international law -- The evolution of regional human rights treaties through the notion of consensus -- Scope of the national margin of appreciation -- Intrinsic circumstances conditioning the national margin of appreciation -- Consensus as an extrinsic circumstance conditioning the national margin of appreciation.