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31 Mich. J. Int'l L. 621 (2009-2010)
The Use of Article 31(3)(C) of the VCLT in the Case Law of the ECtHR: An Effective Anti-Fragmentation Tool or a Selective Loophole for the Reinforcement of Human Rights Teleology - Between Evolution and Systemic Integration

handle is hein.journals/mjil31 and id is 627 raw text is: THE USE OF ARTICLE 31(3)(C) OF THE VCLT IN THE CASE LAW OF THE ECtHR: AN EFFECTIVE ANTI-FRAGMENTATION TOOL OR A SELECTIVE LOOPHOLE FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TELEOLOGY? BETWEEN EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMIC INTEGRATION Vassilis P. Tzevelekos* INTRODU CTION ...................................................................................... 622 I. THE RISK OF NORMATIVE FRAGMENTATION: NEW PROBLEMS, O LD CONTRIVANCES ................................................................. 628 A. The Fragmentation Dichotomy: Towards a Telos? ............ 628 B. Article 31(3)(c) and Its Late Elevation to an Anti-Fragmentation Tool: A Servitore di due Padroni? ..... 630 II. INTERPRETING THE ECHR: PLURALISM WITHIN A D UALIST D kCOR .................................................................... 637 A. The Dualist Confines of Pluralism in the Means of Interp retation ..................................................................... 637 B. The Dualist Confines of the Special Nature of the E C H R ....................................................................... 64 1 III. THE USE OF ARTICLE 31(3)(c) IN ECTHR CASE LAW ............. 645 A . Norm ative Aspects ............................................................. 647 1. The Complementary Role of International Law: Pseudo-Systemic Integration? ..................................... 647 2. Conflict Between Norms of International Law and the EC H R ............................................................. 665 3. Resort to (General) International Law for Questions Outside the ECHR's Subject Matter ........................... 670 * Research Scholar, University of Michigan Law School; Attorney, Athens' Bar; M.Res, European University Institute (Italy); M.A., European Political and Administrative Studies, College of Europe (Belgium); DEA Droit international public et organisations inter- nationales, Paris 1 Panth6on-Sorbonne (France); LL.B., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece). The author is grateful to Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Professor Petros Mavroidis, Professor Ole Spiermann, Professor Mark Toufayan, and Mr. Vaios Koutroulis for their constructive comments on earlier drafts. The Article also benefited from questions from participants at symposia, workshops, and conferences at the European University Institute, University of Oslo, Columbia Law School, and the University of Macedonia (Hellenic Society of International Law). Author welcomes comments by email to Vassilis.Tzevelekos@EUI.eu. The usual disclaimer applies.

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