‘The European Court of Human Rights’, in Chiara Giorgetti (ed.), The Rules, Practice and Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, pp. 323–64

The European Court of Human Rights is surely one of the busiest and most exem­ plary of international judicial bodies. It exerts a profound influence on the laws and social realities of its Member States and has become the paradigm for other regional human rights courts, not to mention other international judicial bodies in general

1 Speech by the President of the International Court of Justice, Jan. 30, 2009: “The Interna­ tional Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights: Partners for the Protection of Human Rights,” p. 9, available at https://www.ECHR.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/38DlE6A5DE24-42BD-BC3D-45CCCC8A7F8A/0/30012009PresidentHigginsHearing_eng_.pdf.