Unit:
Speciality Public LawLibrary of the School of Law
Author:
Giannakopoulou Despoina
Supervisors info:
Σπυρίδων Βλαχόπουλος, Καθηγητής Τομέα Δημοσίου Δικαίου, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Νικόλαος Παπασπύρου, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Τομέα Δημοσίου Δικαίου, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Βασιλική Χρήστου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Τομέα Δημοσίου Δικαίου, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Απόρρητο εθνικής ασφάλειας και δικαίωμα δικαστικής προστασίας
Translated title:
The national security secrecy and the right to judicial protection
Summary:
In nowadays' society of risk, the need to ensure a "fair balance" between the security of the state and constitutional rights is becoming more and more acute. The collective good of national security as a complex, multifaceted and extended concept in contemporary socio-political reality requires a restrictive approach, as its pretentious invocation entails risks of circumvention of a number of individual rights. The particular nature of this vague legal concept is linked to issues of confidentiality, i.e. confidential and classified information that cannot be communicated and made public beyond a 'closed' circle of individuals. Both the constitutional text itself and legislative and case-law examples of the national legal order and European courts accept the imposition of legitimate restrictions in the name of national security. The removal of confidentiality of communications on grounds of national security, the relationship between executive power and the restriction of individual rights in times of security crises, the restriction of the right of access of the administrator to confidential documents for the protection of national security are some of the main issues examined in the context of this thesis. And here the question arises. What is the role of judicial review and what is in practice the judicial protection of the aggrieved party in the face of national security and secrecy issues? The extensive case law of national courts, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice provides the answer to the above question by highlighting the use of the principle of proportionality and individual criteria, as developed, of paramount importance.
Main subject category:
Law and Legislation
Other subject categories:
Public Law
Keywords:
secrecy, national security, right to judicial protection, constitutional rights
Number of references:
140
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