The Case Law of the ECtHR in 2020 in the Light of the Principle of Systemic Harmonisation

Abstract

This article provides for an overview of some relevant developments in the case-law of the ECtHR in 2020. Priority will be given to Grand Chamber judgments and decisions and those of the Chambers deemed to be relevant from a substantial and procedural viewpoint. Given that in 2020 the Steering Committee for Human Rights published its report on ‘The Place of the European Convention of Human Rights in the International and European Legal Order’, the case-law will be selected and examined from the viewpoint of the principle of systemic harmonisation. The aim is highlighting positive and negative examples of application of general international law by the ECtHR, of cross-fertilisation between the ECtHR and other international courts and tribunals, as well as of interpretation of the ECHR in the light of international human rights instruments.