NGOs under European Convention on Human Rights / Tymofeyeva

Court to Article 34 NGOs, these were millions 1543 and billions 1544 of euro. The topic was of such a strong interest that the author made a table of ten judgments with awards exceeding one million euro. 1545 To conclude, it is necessary to stress again that the concept of ‘non-governmental organisation’ under the Convention depends on the role that an NGO plays in the proceedings before the Court. The Convention provides them with the widest active legitimation in comparison with any other human rights treaty in the world. It may be concluded that Article 34 NGOs, possessing a wide range of rights and a number of duties under the Convention as an international treaty, may be considered subjects of international law. If limiting the conclusions to the status of an applicant, we may say that the definition of Article 34 NGOs is unprecedented and none of the other human rights instruments provides them with such a degree of guarantees and such a level of flexibility concerning the admissibility of their requests. They are the subjects with an exceptional legal standing.

1543 Oferta Plus S.R.L. (just satisfaction), cited above, § 71; East West Alliance Limited, cited above, § 265; and Unistar Ventures GmbH , cited above, § 103. 1544 OAO Neftyanaya Kompaniya Yukos (just satisfaction), cited above, § 36. 1545 See Section 3.3.1.

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