Parliamentary Immunity in a European Context
In-Depth Analysis
01-10-2015
This in-depth analysis was commissioned by the policy department on citizens' rights and constitutional affairs at the request of the JURI committee. It examines the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union on the matter of parliamentary immunity. From this case law, it derives the conclusion that both courts are developing a ‘functional approach’ towards parliamentary immunity. It explains the meaning of this approach both for national systems of parliamentary immunity and for that of the European Parliament.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Sascha Hardt
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- access to the courts
- case law (EU)
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Convention on Human Rights
- European Court of Human Rights
- European organisations
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- freedom of expression
- freedom of opinion
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- justice
- LAW
- Member of the European Parliament
- parliament
- parliament
- parliamentary immunity
- political behaviour
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- privilege
- rights and freedoms