Anglo-Saxonizing Rights: Transnational Public Interest Litigation In Europe

Abstract

In these particular remarks I concentrate on the Civil Society Organizations' (CSOs) participation before the European Court of Human Rights in the capacity of third-party interveners. By examining the typology of organizations that have taken part in amicus curiae procedures before the Court, I argue that British CSOs were instrumental in legalizing and strengthening the amicus curiae institution. Organizations whose objective was to influence domestic politics were the early risers in the process, while organizations with international aspirations took up the torch later.