Can Excessive Length Of Proceedings Be Remedied

This publication contains a report adopted by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) at its 69th Plenary Session in December 2006 regarding effective remedies to reduce the excessive length of court cases, drawing on an up-to-date inventory of the existing legislation of the 47 Council of Europe member states, a guide to relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the assessment of the Venice Commission on effective remedies. It includes the questionnaire which served as the basis for the study, along with the replies from the member states and a number of reports presented at an international conference on the topic held in Bucharest in April 2006.

This compilation presents an up-to-date inventory of the existing legislation of 47 states, a guide to the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights and its own assessment of and its far-reaching conclusions as to what would effectively remedy breaches of the reasonable length requirement.

The most comprehensive analysis of the right to effective domestic remedies in the European Convention on Human Rights Article 13.

Explores the key principles underpinning the decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights, and provides a guide to the pivotal cases in each area.

"The highly experienced and respected authors select the most important case law and give a highly authoritative, concise account of the European Convention on Human Rights. Focuses on the European Convention itself rather than its implementation in any one member state, and so is essential reading for human rights students across Europe. Examines each Convention right in turn, with a newly revised structure to map even more closely to human rights courses. As a lecturer and a practitioner, the authors are perfectly placed to provide up-to-date coverage of Strasbourg case law and explain it in a lively, straightforward manner" -- From publisher's website.

The new Edition of the report of the European Commission for the Efciency of Justice (CEPEJ), which evaluates the functioning of the judicial systems in 45 Council of Europe’s member states and an observer state to the CEPEJ, Israël, remains in line with the process carried out since 2002. Relying on a methodology which is already a reference for collecting and processing a wide number of quantitative and qualitative judicial data, this unique study has been conceived above all as a tool for public policy aimed at improving the efciency and the quality of justice. To have the knowledge in order to be able to understand, analyse and reform, such is the objective of the CEPEJ which has prepared this report, intended for policy makers, legal practitioners, researchers as well as for those who are interested in the functioning of justice in Europe.

European criminal law faces many challenges in harmonising states' criminal justice systems. This book presents a systematic analysis of this legal area and examines the difficulties involved.