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Yes, but it can take years before countries have to do anything. Ireland has often waited years before implementing rulings, (e.g. for decriminalisation of homo
by rmc 11y ago
Yes, but it can take years before countries have to do anything. Ireland has often waited years before implementing rulings, (e.g. for decriminalisation of homosexuality)
- denis1 11y agoYet it is still better than nothing. After the ECHR decision, the citizens should be able to challenge laws that do not respect their rights, and the governments can't hide behind stupid reasons that ignore the ruling of ECHR.
- ricksplat 11y agoYes - and this is often the case. There has been cases where legal decisions in Ireland have been appealed to the EUCHR and the decision there has overruled the Irish one. For instance http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/european-court-of-human-rights-underused-in-irish-law-lecturer-1.2083248 http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/european-c...
- masklinn 11y agoAnd countries will also try to weasel out of rulings on other countries (which apply pretty much verbatim to them) until the ECHR rules specifically against them[0] e.g. France asserting that Salduz v Turkey and Dayanan v Turkey (right to remain silent and to a lawyer from the earliest stages of even temporary custody) didn't apply to it because the rulings were against Turkey. [0] or their supreme court tells the government to lay off the crack pipe