A competent and impartial public authority usually a court or tribunal, should be able to review cases
Decision-Making, Appeals and Redress
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They must be able to examine the substance of human rights compliant and to provide appropriate relief
Where they find an individual’s rights have been violated the individual is entitled to compensation and redress
Legal aid should be available in all criminal cases in civil matters, an individual should not be deprived of his or her effective access to a court.
- Right to an effective remedy
- CoE ECHR, Art 13
- UN CERD, Art 6
- UN ICCPR, Art 2(3)
- UN CAT, Art 14
- Right to equality before the law
- CoE ECHR, Art 14
- UN CERD
- UN ICCPR, Arts 2, 3, 26
- UN ICESCR, Art 2
- UN CEDAW
- UN CRC
- UN CRPD
- Right to a fair trial – right to be heard
- CoE ECHR, Arts 6, 7
- UN ICCPR, Arts 14, 15
- UN CRC, Art 12(2)
- Right to private and family life
- CoE ECHR, Art 8
- UN ICCPR, Art 17
- UN CRC, Art 16
- UN CRPD, Arts 22, 23, 31
- Right to participation
- UN CERD, Art 5(e)(vi)
- UN ICCPR, Art 25
- UN ICESCR, Arts 13(1), 15(1)
- UN CEDAW, Arts 7, 8, 13(c), 14(2)
- UN CRC, Arts 12, 31
- UN CRPD, Arts 3(c), 4(3), 9, 29, 30
- Protocol Article 2
- Relevant EU Measures
- A list of measures identified so far is available in the Appendix to the NIHRC-ECNI Working Paper on the Scope of Protocol Article 2.
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Articles 7, 8 and 47
- Relevant EU Measures