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McElhinney v. Ireland

European Court of Human Rights.  21 November 2001 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Access to courts — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1) — State immunity — Relationship between State immunity and human rights — Whether assertion of immunity by defendant State a violation of Convention — Whether assertion of immunity bringing plaintiff within jurisdiction of defendant State — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 1 — Whether grant of immunity by forum State a violation of Convention — Nature of action against defendant State

State immunity — Jurisdiction — Human rights — Whether State immunity incompatible with right of access to courts — Reciprocity — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1) — Tort exception to immunity

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2003

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