nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170119-154302 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170119s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170119-154302 doi eng 342 23 Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin Author aut Is there Hope for the Right to Hope? Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin Verfassungsblog 2017-01-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Court of Human Rights has overturned its former position that convicts sentenced to life in prison enjoy a "right to hope" to be eventually released. Arguably, in this case we have an instance of interpretation of evolution which lowers rather than heightens human rights protection. In the current climate when there is a growing political appetite to curtail human rights, a Court interpretation towards change in this direction without good reasons may create a dangerous precedent for further reduction of basic human rights guarantees. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Art. 3 ECHR Hutchinson vs. UK imprisonment Prisoner's rights Vinter vs. UK Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/is-there-hope-for-the-right-to-hope/ raw object