Right to Respect for Private and Family Life, Home and Correspondence A Practical Guide to the Article 8 Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights

by Hirvelä, Päivi; Heikkilä, Satu

• ISBN13: 9781839702747
• ISBN10: 1839702745
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-10-21
• Publisher: Intersentia

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and up-to-date account of Strasbourg case-law on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It focuses on the Court's most important cases on private and family life, home and correspondence, which have been selected following the Court's Jurisconsult's opinion of their jurisprudential interest.

Author Biography

PÄ IVI HIRVELÄ is Supreme Court Justice and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Finland (2007-2015). She is a Doctor of Laws and lectures in the field of human rights at the Universities of Helsinki, Turku and Lapland. She is a substitute member of the Venice Commission and lectures in the field of criminal procedure and human rights. SATU HEIKKILÄ has worked in the Council of Europe since 2004 and in the European Court of Human Rights since 2007, dealing with cases brought against Finland and Sweden. She is a non-judicial rapporteur for Finland and Sweden and a quality checker in the Court’ s Rule 39 team. She is a Doctor of Laws both from the Universities of Helsinki and Strasbourg and lectures in the latter. Currently, she works as an administrative judge in Finland.