Demanding Rights: Europe's Supranational Courts and the Dilemma of Migrant Vulnerability

The human rights of vulnerable migrants often fail to deliver their promised benefits in practice, despite nominal protection across Europe. This socio-legal study evaluates selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU to explore the concrete expressions and possible causes of this persistent deficit. It suggests steps to improve the effectiveness of Europe's supranational human rights system, including changes in judicial and litigation practice and a reconceptualization of human rights as existential commitments.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 206 pages
\n Publication date: 09 May 2019
\n Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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While nominally protected across Europe, the human rights of vulnerable migrants often fall short of delivering their promised benefits in practice. This socio-legal study delves into both the concrete manifestations and potential causes of this persistent deficit. To accomplish this, it presents an innovative multifaceted evaluation of selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU, addressing complex issues such as the protection of individuals fleeing from indiscriminate violence, homosexual asylum seekers, the Dublin Regulation, and the externalization of border control. By emphasizing the challenging nature of migrant rights, the book also explores steps that could be taken to enhance the effectiveness of Europe's supranational human rights system, including changes in judicial and litigation practices as well as a reconceptualization of human rights as existential commitments.

While nominally protected across Europe, the human rights of vulnerable migrants often fall short of delivering their promised benefits in practice. This socio-legal study delves into both the concrete manifestations and potential causes of this persistent deficit. To accomplish this, it presents an innovative multifaceted evaluation of selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU, addressing complex issues such as the protection of individuals fleeing from indiscriminate violence, homosexual asylum seekers, the Dublin Regulation, and the externalization of border control. By emphasizing the challenging nature of migrant rights, the book also explores steps that could be taken to enhance the effectiveness of Europe's supranational human rights system, including changes in judicial and litigation practices as well as a reconceptualization of human rights as existential commitments.

\n Weight: 300g\n
Dimension: 176 x 248 x 9 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781108733885\n \n