Eduardo Gill-Pedro
Biträdande universitetslektor
Proportionality and the human rights of companies under the ECHR - Whose interests are at stake?
Författare
Summary, in English
This article considers whose interests may be at stake when a company claims its human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (echr). In order to do that, the article will first investigate whether it makes sense to conceive of companies as persons capable of having their own interests. It finds that it is possible to do so. The article proceeds to analyse the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in respect of claims regarding their companies' right to property, free expression and respect for home, considering whether, when the Court assesses the proportionality of the alleged interference, it is the interests of the company claiming the rights that are at stake. The article concludes it is possible to understand the case law of the court as not necessarily placing the interests of the company in the balance when assessing the proportionality of interferences with the Convention rights of companies. The article suggests that such an understanding is normatively desirable if we consider human rights as instruments for the protection of human beings.
Avdelning/ar
- Juridiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2020
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
327-342
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volym
89
Issue
3-4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Brill
Ämne
- Law
Nyckelord
- European Convention on Human Rights (echr)
- Interests
- Personhood
- Proportionality
- Rights of companies
- EU-rätt
- Mänskliga rättigheter
- Folkrätt
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0902-7351