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Would a Convention State breach any property rights if it does not adjust its social security benefits for inflation? This article discusses under which circumstances Article 1 Protocol 1 (A1P1) of the European Convention on Human Rights may require Convention States to uprate the real value of social benefit entitlements as a consequence of inflation. The methodology followed was both doctrinal and analytical legal research based on the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) case law. The text firstly considers why A1P1 may be engaged. The argument holds that lack of indexation of social benefits has a similar effect to their legislative reduction when it comes to the peaceful enjoyment of social security benefits. Afterwards it explores what follows for Convention States. Considering the literature on 'positive' obligations and A1P1, the article constructs a plausible case under which A1P1 would require Convention States to uprate (at least partially) a segment of social benefit entitlements.

This Special Issue addresses the concept of sustainability in pension systems from a wide range of perspectives. It examines the central questions raised about sustainable, socially responsible investments and other associated concepts by opening up a comprehensive discussion with an interdisciplinary approach. Normative trends and international cases are analysed in some detail concerning the situation of specific European Member States. Also, the concept of sustainability in European occupational pension schemes is questioned as an efficient vehicle able to assure adequate pension entitlements to all workers to avoid old-age poverty.

The 'argumentative requirements' established to assess the admissibility of constitutional complaints ended up eliminating the public and informal nature of the public action of unconstitutionality. This article provides empirical evidence of how the development of the Constitutional Court's case-law has encouraged its 'privatization'. We refer to two simultaneous phenomena: the generalized restriction to exercise the citizen's right to participate in the control of political power through this figure; and the concentration of its use and enjoyment in an elite: lawyers. Our models suggest a strengthening of unjustifiable inequalities in the exercise and enjoyment of the rights incorporated in this action. These inequalities are present between lawyers and non-lawyers and between men and women. Finally, we point out how its effects should be considered when reviewing the action's scope and content. We further recommend some measures for its future development. ; Las 'cargas argumentativas' exigidas en las demandas de inconstitucionalidad terminaron de eliminar la naturaleza pública e informal de la acción de inconstitucionalidad. El presente artículo evidencia empíricamente cómo el desarrollo jurisprudencial de la Corte Constitucional ha incentivado su 'privatización'. Nos referimos a dos fenómenos simultáneos: la restricción generalizada para ejercer el derecho ciudadano de participar en el control del poder político a través de esa figura, y la concentración de su uso y goce en una élite: los abogados. Nuestros modelos probabilísticos advierten el robustecimiento de desigualdades injustificables en el ejercicio y goce de los derechos incorporados en esta acción, tanto entre abogados y no-abogados como entre hombres y mujeres. Señalamos que los efectos de la operación de esta acción deben ser tenidos en cuenta al momento de revisar sus alcances y contenido y sugerimos algunas medidas para su futuro desarrollo.