Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Role of International Human Rights Courts in Ensuring the Right to Political Participation and Promoting Sustainable Democracy
Part I – The European Court of Human Rights.
1. 1. The (Not) Impact of the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgement on the Protection of Political Rights in Azerbaijan
2. Crackdown on Dissent: The Court of Strasbourg and the Right to Vote in Bulgaria
3. The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Securing Voting Rights Of Minorities in the Ethnically-Divided Republic of Cyprus
4. The Right to Vote of Persons with Mental Disabilities in Hungary under Art. 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights
5. Italian Democracy in Strasbourg and the Compliance with Europe-an Court’ Judgments on Political Rights. A Light in a Dark Panorama
6. Democracy and Political Participation in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia: A Complicated Combination Under the Lens of the European Court of Human Rights
7. At Any Cost? The Economic and Legal Response of Romania to the European Court of Human Rights Judgments Relating to Art. 3 of Protocol 1 to the Euro-pean Convention on Human Rights
8. Right to Vote and the Right to have the Last Word: Russia and the European Court of Human Rights Facing Political Rights
9. . Democracy And The Right To Free Elections In Turkey. What Role For The European Court Of Human Rights?
10. Prisoners’ Voting Rights and the Long-Lasting Political Resistance to the Implementation of the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgments
Part. II- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
11. The Protection of the Political Rights of Minorities in the Inter-American System. An Analysis of the Norin Catrimán Case and the Right to Political Participation in the State of Chile
12. Threats Against Political Rights and Democracy in Colombia: Execution of Political Leaders
13. Political Rights of Human Rights Defenders and Indigenous Lead-ers in the Inter-American Court: A Case Study from Guatemala
14. Electoral Rights In Nicaragua: The Unbearable Lightness of Non-Implementation?
15. Political Rights in Venezuela: An Outstanding Issue
Part III – An Empirical Assessment Based on Political Economy.
16. The Relationship Between the Courts of Human Rights Decisions and Voter Turnout. An Empirical Analysis on Europe and Latin America
Conclusions: Are Contemporary Democracies Sustainable? Some Concluding Remarks