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Debunking The Deathbed Analysis: Exploring A New Approach To Article 3 Health Cases, Meredith Heim
Debunking The Deathbed Analysis: Exploring A New Approach To Article 3 Health Cases, Meredith Heim
Northwestern Journal of Human Rights
This essay will explore Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as it has been applied to deportation cases of persons in poor health, with the ultimate goal of answering the following question: Whether the deportation of a person to a place where she or he will not receive adequate health care should constitute a violation of ECHR Article 3. Further, this article will suggest how the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the national courts below them can better review such cases in order to provide more meaningful protection to those inflicted. In doing so, …