Legal interpretative acts of the European court of human rights

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to define and implement the characteristics of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which have the legal properties of classical interpretative legal acts. Methodology. The theoretical tools of the study were: universal epistemological principles of cognition, complex, dialectical, axiological approaches, general scientific and special scientific methods of cognition. In particular, the following methods of scientific research were used during the research: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, structural, systemic, technical-dogmatic. Results. As a result of the study it was established that the legal acts of the European Court of Human Rights, which have the legal nature of interpretative-legal are: 1) advisory opinions of the Strasbourg Court, adopted by the European Court of Human Rights in connection with requests from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe or the higher courts of the States Parties to the Convention; 2) judgments of the Strasbourg Court, containing explanations of legal positions and / or individual prescriptions previously formulated by the Court of Europe, contained in the decisions adopted by the Strasbourg Court on the merits. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the paper substantiates the legal nature of those legal acts of the Court of the Council of Europe that have exclusively interpretive properties. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in law enforcement activities of entities authorized to implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in the national legal order of Ukraine.