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The ECHR Obligation to Avert Risks of Violence

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This book argues that the European Convention of Human Rights enshrines a right to freedom from violence, obliging states to anticipate and address risks of serious violence in all forms.

It shows how that obligation has two elements. Firstly, states must respond to specific threats. Secondly, they must implement systemic measures to address more general risks of violence. It goes on to show how jurisprudence in the field has developed this flexible and comprehensive model, addressing the particular challenges violence presents. This new understanding, expertly set out in this study, provides a coherent framework for considering both existing controversies and future developments.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part 1: Securing the Right to Freedom from Violence
2. A Comprehensive Model for the Obligation to Avert Violence

Part II: The Specific Threat Obligation
3. Standards of Conduct and Degrees of Scrutiny: the Methods Behind the Margin of Appreciation
4. State Capacity: Reasonable Measures and Control
5. Foreseeability: The Real and Immediate Risk Thresholds

Part III: The Preventive Framework and Proceduralisation
6. Generalised Threats and System-Level Conduct: Deterrence and Prevention
7. Responding to Limited Control: Proceduralising the Management of Force
8. Risk Assessment: Proceduralising the Risk Thresholds

9. Conclusion

Product details

Published 04 Feb 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 352
ISBN 9781509971657
Imprint Hart Publishing
Series Modern Studies in European Law
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Edmund Robinson

Edmund Robinson is Legal Researcher at University…

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