The full title of this 2009 Ph.D Thesis is, "The Relationship Between Domestic Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Ongoing Reforms of the European Court of Human Rights (With a Case Study on Cyprus and Turkey)". It was authored by Costakis Paraskeva, and was his thesis for a Doctor of Philosophy at the London Metropolitan University. This thesis was published as a book in 2010, ISBN 9789050959940.
This thesis is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with clean black boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No interior marks in 266 clean and solidly bound pages. No figures or other images. Obviously, I don't know if this thesis and the book are identical word for word, but they're probably very close since there was only one year between the publication of each.
In the book was a transmittal letter from a lawyer's office in Cyprus to Frank C. Urbancic, then Ambassador of the US to Cyprus, transmitting this copy of the Thesis.
Following is a synopsis of the book, presumably also of the Thesis, and then a brief bio of the author:
"Synopsis:
The European Court of Human Rights has become a "victim of ongoing reforms." Continuous efforts to streamline and reinforce the system have proved inadequate in managing the challenge of its ever-increasing caseload. The consensus is that further reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights mechanisms are necessary in order to cope with the serious influx of cases from the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe. This book analyzes the set of five Recommendations referred to in the 2004 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to encourage Member States to take effective domestic steps in ensuring appropriate protection of the Convention rights at the domestic level, in full conformity with the principle of subsidiarity. It also traces and evaluates the impact of the Convention in the domestic legal orders of Cyprus and Turkey and comparatively assesses the effective implementation of the May 2004 Recommendations in these two Member States. The book demonstrates how the efforts to secure the survival and effective operation of the Court must succeed at the national level and hence, the heavy burden to comply falls to Member States. The 2004 Recommendations address the source of the problem and are appropriate prescriptions for a healthy future and constitute a technical vehicle for implementing the Convention in the domestic legal orders of Member States. Such guidelines stemming directly from the Convention are invaluable in assisting Member States to improve the protection of human rights "at home." This study is a timely and valuable aid for Council of Europe and Court's officials, governments, human rights NGOs, academics, and practitioners.
About the Author:
Costas Paraskeva obtained a PhD “The Relationship Between the Domestic Implementation of the ECHR and the Ongoing Reforms of ECtHR” completed at London Metropolitan University. As research assistant at the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute of the same university, he worked on the project “International human rights and fact-finding: an analysis of the fact-finding missions conducted by the European Commission and Court of Human Rights”. He currently works in Cyprus as a human rights lawyer and is Assistant Professor in Human Rights Law of the University of Nicosia. He has published articles on the European Convention on Human Rights and participates regularly in conferences on the reforms of the Court."
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