The Portuguese Legal Framework of State Liability for Delayed Justice: The Relevance of ECtHR Case-Law

Ricardo Pedro

doi:10.36745/ijca.486

The Portuguese Legal Framework of State Liability for Delayed Justice: The Relevance of ECtHR Case-Law

International Journal for Court Administration

Volume 15 (2024): Issue 2

By: Ricardo Pedro

Open Access

|Aug 2024

Abstract

This article examines the Portuguese legal framework of State liability for violation of the right to a decision within a reasonable time and, in particular, the extent to which the case-law of the ECtHR has allowed the Portuguese State to comply with the obligation of an effective remedy to guarantee the reparation of the referred damages. Starting from the analysis of the legislative legal framework which, despite admitting the aforementioned liability, does not foresee the specificities that the subject imposes, we then examine how such a task falls to national judges who, under the influence of the ECtHR’s case-law, have gradually developed a State liability framework capable of fulfilling the obligations of the ECHR by the Portuguese State for compensation for violation of the right to a decision within a reasonable time, andallowing for the assurance of a swift indemnity action to repair the resulting non-pecuniary damage.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36745/ijca.486 | Journal eISSN: 2156-7964

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Published on: Aug 20, 2024

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Keywords:

Portuguese State liability,

Delayed justice,

ECtHR case-law,

European Convention of Human Rights

© 2024 Ricardo Pedro, published by International Association for Court Administration
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