During the last thirty years the European Court of Human Rights has been developing,at an expanding pace, positive obligations under the European Convention. Th

The system of the European Convention of Human Rights imposes positive obligations on the state to guarantee human rights in circumstances where state agents do

Adaptation of the author's Ph.D. thesis--Ghent University, 2016.

It is beyond question that States have positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent harm. A State can be found in breach

During the last thirty years the European Court of Human Rights has been developing, at an expanding pace, positive obligations under the European Convention. T