Jus Cogens and the Protection of Minorities

Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche

La Prof.ssa Almqvist ha partecipato ad alcuni incontri organizzati dalla Prof. Fabbricotti per dare attuazione al progetto di ricerca di università 2011 "La protezione delle minoranze nel diritto internazionale alla luce dei recenti orientamenti della prassi", di cui essa è responsabile. La Prof. Almqvist ha anche svolto la seguente lezione in inglese (il programma del Corso si trova in allegato): The Execution of the ECHR Judgments (Lecture given on May 8th, 2012, within the Short Course on The European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, coordinated by A. Fabbricotti ): a)The binding force of the ECHR judgments (obligation of result or performance obligation). b)The three modes of reparation (according to international customary law): the restoration to original condition (restitution ad integrum), just satisfaction, and compensation for damages. c)The (subsidiary) intervention of the Court: (i)a just satisfaction, usually the amount of compensation, is already pointed out within the judgment on the merits (art. 41); (ii)a specific mean for just satisfaction (including compensation) is imposed in a different judgment. d)The monitoring function of the Committee of Ministers. e)Focusing on particular cases: (i)the esecution of ECtHR judgments in the Spanish legal order; (ii)the question of the reopening of res judicata.