DEMOKRASI AVRUPA İNSAN HAKLARI SÖZLEŞMESININ TEMEL ÖZELLIKLERINDEN BIRISIDIR

Year 2013, Volume: 17 Issue: 4, 183 - 222, 01.10.2013

Joseph Zand Hayri Keser

Abstract

Demokrasi kavramı uluslararası hukuk alanında ki bilim adamları arasında uzun zamandır tartışmalara neden olmaktadır. Geçen yüzyılın son çeyreğinde, demokrasi ve insan hakları egemen siyasal idealler haline gelmiştir. Bu makalenin amacı, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesine göre demokrasi kavramı üzerinde devam eden tartışmalara katkıda bulunmaktır. Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi sadece Avrupa’da oluşturulan bir standardı değil, aynı zamanda dünyanın diğer bölgeleri için demokrasi ve demokratik değerlerin geliştirilmesinde esin kaynağıdır. Bu düşüncelerle, makalede sözleşmenin demokratik değerler ile doğrudan ilgili olan unsurları dikkate alınmıştır. Bu amaçla, Makale, eleştirel olarak Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi içtihatları ve Sözleşmenin demokrasi kavramı ile ilgili maddelerini araştırmaktadır. Geçtiğimiz on yıllarda, Sözleşme, eski komünist Doğu Avrupa devletlerinin barış ve demokrasiye geçiş sürecine çarpıcı katkıda bulunmuştur

Keywords

Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi ve demokrasi kavramı

DEMOCRACY IS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Abstract

The concept of democracy has long fuelled controversy among international legal scholars. In the past quarter of a century, democracy and human rights have become the hegemonic political ideals. The aim of this article is to contribute to the continuing debate on the notion of democracy according to the European Convention on Human Rights. Not only has the Convention been a standard setter in Europe but also a source of inspiration in promotion of democracy and democratic values for other regions of the world. With this in mind, the article considers the appropriate elements of the Convention which directly concerns democratic values. To that end, the article critically examines the relevant Articles of the Convention to the notion of democracy as well as the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. In recent decades, the Convention has made a telling contribution in regards to transition to peace and democracy in the former communist Eastern European states

Keywords

European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human rights and the Concept of democracy

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