Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR

Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Altwicker, Tilmann; Peters, Anne

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR
Authors:	Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia Altwicker, Tilmann Peters, Anne
Conference details:	First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016
Issue Date:	2016
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	341: Law of nations and European law
Abstract:	This is the first study to examine the awards made by the European Court of Human Rights in respect of non-pecuniary damage from an empirical perspective. It uses a multiple regression analysis based on data (929 cases) drawn from the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Documentation (HUDOC) database. By legal analysis we identified three elements of the “equity principle” used by the Court for the calculation of awards made in respect of non-pecuniary damage (seriousness of the violation, applicant- and overall context-related factors), which we used in our regression analysis. Our empirical results show that there is a statistically significant association between the amount awarded in respect of non-pecuniary damage and the intensity of the violation, the existence of a separate opinion, the respondent state and the fact whether the applicant is a legal or a natural person. Our study therefore contradicts the view voiced in the literature that awards made in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR are “unpredictable” and “inconsistent”.
Further description:	Paper based on: Altwicker-Hamori, Szilvia and Altwicker, Tilmann and Peters, Anne, Measuring Violations of Human Rights: An Empirical Analysis of Awards in Respect of Non-Pecuniary Damage Under the European Convention on Human Rights (July 16, 2015). Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (ZaöRV)/Heidelberg Journal of International Law (HJIL) 76 (2016), 1-51. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2631404 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2631404
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/14528
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Public Health (IPH)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Just Satisfaction under Art. 41 ECHR: A Quantitative Analysis
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Gesundheit

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Altwicker-Hámori, S., Altwicker, T., & Peters, A. (2016). Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR. First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016.

Altwicker-Hámori, S., Altwicker, T. and Peters, A. (2016) ‘Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR’, in First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016.

S. Altwicker-Hámori, T. Altwicker, and A. Peters, “Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR,” in First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016, 2016.

ALTWICKER-HÁMORI, Szilvia, Tilmann ALTWICKER und Anne PETERS, 2016. Measuring violations of human rights : an empirical analysis of awards in respect of non-pecuniary damage under the ECHR. In: First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016. Conference paper. 2016

Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia, Tilmann Altwicker, and Anne Peters. 2016. “Measuring Violations of Human Rights : An Empirical Analysis of Awards in Respect of Non-Pecuniary Damage under the ECHR.” Conference paper. In First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016.

Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia, et al. “Measuring Violations of Human Rights : An Empirical Analysis of Awards in Respect of Non-Pecuniary Damage under the ECHR.” First Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-22 June 2016, 2016.