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The National Margin of Appreciation Doctrine: In Search of a Balance between Democracy and Rights in the International Sphere

Iglesias Vila, Marisa
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European Court of Human Rights; ECHR; margin of appreciation; European Convention on Human Rights; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; European consensus; proportionality test; religious symbols.
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SELA (Seminario en Latinoamérica de Teoría Constitucional y Política) Papers
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Abstract
The interpretation and application of international human rights conventions is an especially delicate task. Although the international courts charged with interpreting them have, within their sphere of competence, the function of protecting human rights against possible state interferences, the exercise of their jurisdictional role is impossible without a constant reconciliation of elements and values that may be in tension. These courts must exercise great skill to accommodate citizens’ expectations of rights protection, the will of the states, either collective or individual, and democratic considerations in social settings that are plural and changing.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17474