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Guincho Case

European Court of Human Rights.  10 July 1984 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Access to court — Right to a hearing within a reasonable time — Criteria for determining whether length of proceedings reasonable — Delay in routine procedural steps — Whether justified in view of disruption to Portuguese judicial system as a result of restoration of democracy — Whether temporary backlog of cases justifiable — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 6(1)

State responsibility — For acts of the judiciary — Temporary backlog of cases — Whether engaging responsibility of State

Damages — Human rights violations — Unreasonable delay in civil proceedings — Effectiveness of proceedings diminished — Loss of interest on amount of damages due to delay — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 50

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Human rightsState responsibilityDamages
Type
Case Report
Information
International Law Reports , Volume 78 , 1988 , pp. 355 - 371
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1988

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