Role of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights in Enhancing the Protection of Fundamental Civil and Economic Rights in Europe

Abstract

In the international legal system for the protection of human rights, a number of universal and regional international acts have been adopted, each of which contributes to achieving a higher level of protection of basic human rights and values. Undoubtedly, one of the most important acts in this system is the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Convention is an international treaty by virtue of which the member states of the Council of Europe that have joined it have both obligations to observe the recognized rights and positive obligations. Subsequently, Additional Protocols to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms were adopted, which expanded the list of recognized fundamental rights and freedoms and introduced additional guarantees for their observance. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms guarantees, in addition to the protection of a number of civil rights, also economic rights, such as the right to property. This fundamental economic right is protected in Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Important for the correct application of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court ruling on various violations of its provisions, thanks to which, in recent decades the improvement of the national legislation of the countries parties to the international act and real effective protection of basic human rights has been achieved rights and freedoms at the national level. This report will present the positive impact of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the protection of human rights and freedoms in Europe and its particular importance for guaranteeing the right to property through the lens of the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court.