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CYIL 7 ȍ2016Ȏ NONǧGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION…
Tymofeyeva Alla
Non-governmental Organisations under the European Convention on
Human Rights. Exceptional Legal Standing
[Nevládní organizace podle Evropské úmluvy o ochraně lidských práv. Výjimečné
právní postavení]
rw&w Science & New Media Passau-Berlin-Prague, an international
publishing project of Südost Service GmbH, Germany, Prague 2015, 340 pages
“Non-governmental organisations under the European Convention on Human
Rights, Exceptional legal standing” is a promising title not only for representatives of
the aforesaid organisations but for anyone interested in protection of human rights
in Europe. Tymofeyeva seems to have a predilection for the subject since several
of her previous articles
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have already dealt with the legal status and the rights of
legal persons or non-governmental organisations (‘NGOs’) under the European
Convention on Human Rights (‘Convention’). However, as she justifiably observes
in her ‘Introductory remarks’, “there is not yet a detailed monograph that would
cover the issue in question”. It is done now, and it is done well.
Tymofeyeva’s book is an exhaustively researched and carefully written study on the
different aspects of NGOs’ standing in the proceedings before the European Court of
Human Rights (‘Court’). The author’s principal aim in this work is to establish the
autonomous definition of the term ‘NGO’ under the Convention and to analyse the
main roles of the NGOs before the Court as well as their rights and duties, in order to
demonstrate that NGOs are subjects with an exceptional legal standing.
The structure of the book properly fits its aim. The first chapter discusses
the notion of an ‘NGO’ and provides a detailed examination of its definition in
the doctrine of the international law and in different human rights instruments.
Tymofeyeva seeks to demonstrate that the special definition of ‘NGO’ under the
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Tymofeyeva, A.: The Highest Amounts of Just Satisfaction : Awards of the European Court of Human
Rights to Legal persons (
Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law
, Vol. 6, Prague: Czech
Society of International Law, 2015), pp. 23-37.
Tymofeyeva, A.: Some guarantees regarding criminal proceedings applicable to non-governmental
organizations: Protocol no. 7 to the European convention on human rights (
Czech Yearbook of Public
and Private International Law
, Vol. 4, Prague: Czech International Law Society, 2013), pp. 153-171.
Tymofeyeva, A.: The legal status of non-governmental organisations under the European Convention
on Human Rights and consequences in international law in:
Nové trendy odpovědnosti řešení sporů
v mezinárodním právu (vliv nestátních aktérů)
: SMP No. 4, Praha, Univerzita Karlova, Právnická
fakulta, 2012), pp. 100-115.
Tylofeyeva, A.: Do legal persons have the right to respect for private and family life (
Czech Yearbook
of Public and Private International Law
, Vol. 5, Prague: Czech Society of International Law, 2014),
pp. 291-307.