In its series of case-law guides, the Court has published online a new one on Article 17, the European Convention’s provision on the abuse of rights. This Article provides:
“Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the Convention.”
The case-law guides give an overview the Court’s main judgments, organised by Convention article. In this case the overview is pretty complete considering the relatively limited case-law. The guide on Article 17 is currently only available in English. A full overview of the existing case-law guides can be found on the Court’s website. Their systematic presentation and the inclusion of web links to all the cited judgments make it an easily navigable and very useful resource.
