The Council of Europe was founded well before the European Union, as an independent organization, its main activity being the protection of human rights, with special emphasis on guaranteeing minimum social rights for every citizen of the Member States, including Romania, starting in 1993. The...

A majority of American states recognize the death penalty as a lawful and constitutional sentence for the most serious crimes committed by the most dangerous and blameworthy criminals. However, in recent years, numerous flaws in capital punishment systems have caused courts in the United States...

This article focuses on how human rights are putting their imprint on the civil and criminal law. Moreover the Constitution is a basis of legitimacy of all branches of law. After the analysis is the question of whether constitutional law is the basis of unifying the national law. We can not talk...

The analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights gives basis for concluding that the authorities of the states, in their activity of international cooperation in combating crime, are obliged to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Convention for...

In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any cryminal charge against him, everyone is intitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. The fairness, equitable and publicity character of the trial...

In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any cryminal charge against him, everyone is intitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. The fairness, equitable and publicity character of the trial...

Due to the increasing importance of living in a healthy environment, in the context of enhanced pollution in our days and due to the fact that the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights does not consider this human right, The European Court for Human Right (E.C.H.R.) has decided its...

Two forms of universalism, two global phenomena, Human Rights and Globalization involve states in different manners. The way globalization acts on the economic, political rights and which are the visible consequences of this process and, at the same time, which is the role of human rights in the...

The Priority Preliminary Ruling on the issue of constitutionality (question prioritaire de constitutionnalité), in force since March 2010, represents more than just an important reform in the French legal system: it amounts to an upheaval, finally awarding the Constitution the status of genuine...