The right to political participation: a study of the judgments of the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword: The Right of Rights -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- The Role of International Human Rights Courts in ensuring the right to political participation and promoting sustainable democracy and the methodology behind the research -- Part I The European Court of Human Rights -- Chapter 1 The (lack of) impact of the European Court of Human Rights' judgement on the protection of political rights in Azerbaijan -- Chapter 2 Crackdown on dissent: The Court of Strasbourg and the right to vote in Bulgaria -- Chapter 3 The role of the European Court of Human Rights in Cyprus -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 5 Italian Democracy in Strasbourg and the compliance with European Court's judgments on political rights: A light in a dark panorama -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 European Convention on Human Rights -- Chapter 8 Right to vote and the right to have the last word: Russia and the European Court of Human Rights facing political rights -- Chapter 9 Democracy and the right to free elections in Turkey: What role for the European Court of Human Rights? -- Chapter 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.

The (not) impact of the European Court of Human Rights' judgement on the protection of political rights in Azerbaijan (Palmina Tanzarella) -- Crackdown on dissent : the Court of Strasbourg and the right to vote in Bulgaria (Paolo Zicchittu) -- The role of the European Court of Human Rights in securing voting rights of minorities in the ethnically-divided Republic of Cyprus (Irene Valotti) -- The right to vote of persons with mental disabilities in Hungary under Art. 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (Simone Gianello) -- Italian democracy in Strasbourg and the compliance with European Court's judgments on political rights. A light in a dark panorama (Irene Spigno) -- Democracy and political participation in the countries of the Former Yugoslavia : a complicated combination under the lens of the European Court of Human Rights (Francesca Pirola) -- 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 European Convention on Human Rights (Francesca Mussi) -- Right to vote and the right to have the last word : Russia and the European Court of Human Rights facing political rights (Simone Penasa) -- Democracy and the right to free elections in Turkey. What role for the European Court Of Human Rights? (Valentina Rita Scotti) -- Prisoners' voting rights and the long-lasting political resistance to the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' judgments (Alessandra Osti) -- 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 (Laura Cappuccio) -- Threats against political rights and democracy in Colombia : execution of political leaders (José Antonio Estrada Marún, Luis Efrén Ríos Vega, and Lillian Sánchez Calderoni) -- Political rights of human rights defenders and indigenous leaders in the Inter-American Court : a case study from Guatemala (Vanessa Gutiérrez Espinoza, Magda Yadira Robles Garza) -- Electoral rights In Nicaragua : the unbearable lightness of non-implementation? (Gabriella Citroni) -- Political rights in Venezuela : an outstanding issue (Yessica Esquivel Alonso, Fernando Gustavo Ruz Dueñas) -- An empirical assessment based on political economy -- The relationship between the courts of human rights decisions and voter turnout. An empirical analysis on Europe and Latin America (Simone Pellegrino, Gilberto Turati) -- Conclusions : Are contemporary democracies sustainable? some concluding remarks (Gabriella Citroni, Irene Spigno, Palmina Tanzarella).