Physical planning and the jurisdiction of the European Court for Human Rights at Strasbourg, by Marek Hanák
On 18 March 1992, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms entered in vigour for the then Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. Subsequently, the Czech Republic took over the Convention on 1 January 1993. According to the Convention, individuals and non−governmental organizations have the right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg if they consider themselves victims of a violation of the rights granted by the Convention. As far as I know, Czechs have not yet appealed to the European Court in regard to physical planning, but there has been a physical planning case judged by the Strasbourg court, namely that of the Italian company of Elio. This case was so extraordinary that I decided to present it to the readers of UPSD, hoping it would be as interesting to them as it was to me.