论人权的“欧洲尺度”

On European Criteria of Human Rights

《欧洲人权公约》为人权保护提供了基本的法律依据,对缔约国课以保证本国人民享有人权的义务。欧洲人权法院通过判例不断发展出符合公约精神的法律解释,对公约进行丰富和完善,树立了人权的"欧洲尺度"。欧共体法院在人权条款阙如的情况下,参照一般法律原则和成员国共同宪法传统进行司法解释,并格外倚重《欧洲人权公约》以及欧洲人权法院在实践中所确立的人权标准。

European Convention of Human Rights provides a legal foundation for the protection of human rights, and it impose the member nations the duty to safeguard the human rights of the people. ECHR develops judicial interpretations in cases, which enriches the Convention a lot and helps to form the European Criteria. Without the clauses of human rights to abide, European Court of Justice makes judicial interpretations according to general legal principles and common constitutional traditions of member nations, especially in the light of the Convention and the practice of ECHR.