Responsive human rights : vulnerability ill treatment and the ECtHR Who is a vulnerable person in human rights law The question much examined in international law is surprisingly under explored in European human rights law. This important new work remedies that by assessing the treatment of vulnerability by the European Court of Human Rights. It explores legal philosophical understandings of the topic providing a theoretical foundation to the question. Not confining itself to the abstract however it provides a bridge from the theoretical to the practical by undertaking a comprehensive examination of the Courts approach under art. 3. It pays particular attention to its understanding of human dignity. Well written and compellingly argued this is an important new book for all scholars of European human rights.