The Rule of law as one of the core principles of the modern international law is the key principle of organization and activity of any international body. The purpose of this article is to consider specific aspects of the Rule of law’s implementation in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, which are related to the peculiarities in interpretation by the Court of the provisions of the 1950 Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the Protocols thereto — the application of the «evolutive interpretation» concept and «subsequent practice in the application of the treaty» concept.
The Rule of law, the European Court of Human Rights, international treaty interpretation, evolutive interpretation, subsequent practice in the application of an international treaty.
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