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The African Court on Human & Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR -- "Court") was operationalized in July 2006 with the swearing-in of the first eleven judges. In December 2009 it pronounced its first judgment. The institutional development of the Court faces numerous challenges that derive from the legal framework under which the Court operates, the complexity of the human rights protection mechanisms in Africa, and, on a daily basis, the shortcomings of technical infrastructure. The primary future challenges for the Court are to attain more visibility & receive more cases. Adapted from the source document.

Under what conditions do states internalize international norms into their domestic practices? How can we account for the observable variance in the implementation of human rights norms? The paper analyzes & emphasizes the role of transnational human rights networks in promoting international norms in selected countries in the South (Kenya, Uganda, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia & the Philippines). It argues that the decisive factor in the diffusion & implementation of human rights norms is the capability of these networks to generate pressure from above & below by on the one hand mobilizing Western states, their domestic opinion, & international organizations, & on the other hand establishing links to the domestic opposition in the target country. In order to capture this dynamic the paper presents a "spiral model" of domestic change. This model incorporates systematically activities on the international, national, & societal levels. We call this process of internalizing international human rights standards a "socialization process" & distinguish between three ideal types of modes of action: (1) strategic action (bargaining) & instrumental adaptation; (2) moral consciousness-raising, argumentation, & communicative persuasion; & (3) institutionalization & habitualization. Adapted from the source document.

The purpose of this Article is to analyse evolutionary trends in the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). To achieve this goal, a wide range of general philosophical methods were used. The Article submits that the ECHR has shown a growing commitment to the evolutionary method of interpretation, using the doctrine of a "living instrument", the ECHR, which is particularly important for Member States with specific problems, although this method limits the scope in the discretion of the State. It is concluded that the interpretative methodology used by the ECHR involves the use of its methods, including increasingly developing methods of consensus, efficiency, judicial activism, comparison, innovative interpretation, autonomous method, and "balance" method. This demonstrates, inter alia, the unlimited potential to improve the ECHR's interpretation of conventional standards. In the context of modern transformations in the direction of proactive international justice, judicial activism objectively departs from a formal application of legal norms and reflects the ECHR's desire to protect the fundamental human rights of individuals and communicatethem.

The goal of this study is to provide a general overview and thorough analysis of how the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) deals with tort law issues such as damage, causation, wrongfulness, fault and compensation - namely when applying Art. 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Methodological approaches to the tort law of the ECHR as well as the perspectives of human rights and tort law and public international law are also addressed

"Ziel der Studie zum 'Menschenrecht auf Arbeit' ist die Analyse der internationalrechtlichen Verpflichtungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Gewährleistung eines 'Rechtes auf Arbeit' sowie deren Umsetzung aus Sicht der internationalen Überwachungsorgane. Die Studie leistet keine Einzelanalyse konkreter Problembereiche in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die Bestandsaufnahme der internationalrechtlichen Pflichten in der vorliegenden Untersuchung soll Grundlage für die Frage sein, welche praktischen Anwendungsbereiche einer näheren Analyse bedürfen." (Autorenreferat)