EUROPEANIZING SELF-INCRIMINATION: THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 Colum. J. Eur. L. 339 (2006) Mark Berger, Oliver H. Dean Peer Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. J.D., Yale Law School, 1969; B.A., Columbia University, 1966. Since it came into force in September, 1953, the European Convention on Human Rights has served as a reflection of Europe’s movement toward the establishment of common standards of individual human rights and freedoms. The forty-five countries that are currently signatories to the Convention are subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which was established in 1959 as a mechanism to interpret and […]