This article focuses on the relevance of 'less restrictive means' (LRM) analysis for the application of the proportionality test in the context of non-absolute rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Instead of applying a more structured German-tradition-like proportionality...

In the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, or ‘the Court'), a ‘procedural turn' can be noted. That is to say it seems that in its assessment of the compatibility of a particular measure or situation with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR, or ‘the Convention')...