NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE SYSTEM

Yıl 2019, Sayı: 40, 79 - 99, 31.10.2019

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National parliaments have an important role in the
protection and realisation of human rights law. They are in a strong position
to promote international human rights standards to implement their shared human
rights obligations. They may interpret and apply human rights when holding the
executive to account and in the laws, they make. In addition, national parliaments’
representative function has an important role in helping to shape views towards
human rights. Therefore, they should be seen as a key institutional element of
domestic human rights systems. However, they are well placed to evaluate the
needs for implementation in their systems; national systems usually lack
sufficient and effective engagement of their parliaments in practice. On the
other hand, international human rights mechanisms have historically neglected
national parliaments’ role in realisation and safeguarding of human rights. Nevertheless,
there is a global trend and understanding on the importance of national
parliaments in the subject in recent years. Especially in the Council of Europe
system, their role has started to become the subject of serious consideration. It
is clear that there are various challenges but also opportunities to involve
national parliaments in the process and make legislation organ more effective.

Anahtar Kelimeler

National parliaments, Human rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Human rights mechanisms, Council of Europe

Kaynakça

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