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The Strasbourg Court on the Dayton Constitution: Judgment in the case of Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 22 December 2009

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2010

Samo Bardutzky
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Extract

On 22 December 2009, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (hereafter: the Court) issued a judgment on the applications filed by two citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr Dervo Sejdić and Mr Jakob Finci. It found a violation of their rights under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and under the Protocols to the Convention. Bosnia and Herzegovina had violated the applicants' rights under Article 14 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 3 of Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and under Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Keywords

European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human RightsConstitution of Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropean Commission for Democracy through LawElectoral lawRight to stand for elections
Type
Case Note
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 309 - 333
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press and the Authors 2010

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