Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights

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Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. / Stoyanova, Vladislava.

I: Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 33, Nr. 3, 09.2020, s. 601-620.

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Harvard

Stoyanova, V 2020, 'Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights', Leiden Journal of International Law, vol. 33, nr. 3, s. 601-620. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156520000163

APA

Stoyanova, V. (2020). Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Leiden Journal of International Law, 33(3), 601-620. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156520000163

CBE

Stoyanova V. 2020. Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Leiden Journal of International Law. 33(3):601-620. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156520000163

MLA

Stoyanova, Vladislava. "Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights". Leiden Journal of International Law. 2020, 33(3). 601-620. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156520000163

Vancouver

Stoyanova V. Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Leiden Journal of International Law. 2020 sep;33(3):601-620. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156520000163

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Stoyanova, Vladislava. / Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. I: Leiden Journal of International Law. 2020 ; Vol. 33, Nr. 3. s. 601-620.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Fault, Knowledge and Risk within the Framework of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights

AU - Stoyanova, Vladislava

PY - 2020/9

Y1 - 2020/9

N2 - The European Court of Human Rights has consistently reiterated that positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights arise when state authorities knew or ought to have known about risk of harm. This article attempts to describe and assess the role of state knowledge in the framework of positive obligations, and to situate the Court’s approach to knowledge about risk within an intelligible framework of analysis. The main argument is that the assessment of state knowledge is imbued with normative considerations. The assessment of whether the State ‘ought to have known’ is intertwined with, first, concerns that positive obligations should not impose unreasonable burden on the State and, second, the establishment of causal links between state omissions and harm.

AB - The European Court of Human Rights has consistently reiterated that positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights arise when state authorities knew or ought to have known about risk of harm. This article attempts to describe and assess the role of state knowledge in the framework of positive obligations, and to situate the Court’s approach to knowledge about risk within an intelligible framework of analysis. The main argument is that the assessment of state knowledge is imbued with normative considerations. The assessment of whether the State ‘ought to have known’ is intertwined with, first, concerns that positive obligations should not impose unreasonable burden on the State and, second, the establishment of causal links between state omissions and harm.

KW - Public international law

KW - European Convention of Human Rights

KW - State knowledge

KW - Positive obligations

KW - Folkrätt

U2 - 10.1017/S0922156520000163

DO - 10.1017/S0922156520000163

M3 - Article

VL - 33

SP - 601

EP - 620

JO - Leiden Journal of International Law

JF - Leiden Journal of International Law

SN - 0922-1565

IS - 3

ER -