The module aims to provide you with a strong overview of the system of human rights encapsulated by the Convention, its achievements and the challenges and constraints it currently faces as well as a detailed understanding of Convention law and the practical application of key procedural and substantive articles and protocols to the Convention. The module examines the history of the application of the Convention by the European Court of Human Rights and how the focus and methodology of the Court is changing due to the pressures on the system through reform, interpretative approaches, pilot judgments and a focus on subsidiarity and national remedies. The module then addresses the key stages of the litigation of a case dealing with jurisdiction and admissibility just satisfaction and enforcement; and key substantive articles. The module is structured as follows:
1 Introduction and overview of the ECHR system
2 Reform key principles and impact of reform
3 Cycles of a case: Admissibility and jurisdiction
4 Cycles of a case: just satisfaction enforcement and compliance
5 Articles 2 - 4
6 Article 5 and 6
7 Article 8
8 Articles 9 - 11
9 Article 14 and Protocols 12