Download or read book Friendly Settlements Before the European Court of Human Rights written by Helen Keller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Convention on Human Rights is the world's most effective human rights regime. Its Court has however become bogged down by an enormous workload and settling a case has become an attractive alternative to ordinary proceedings. This book provides a full overview of the Court's friendly settlements and suggest ways they could be improved.