Οι μαζικές παρακολουθήσεις στη νομολογία του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαστηρίου Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου και του Δικαστηρίου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης

Φεϊζίδου, Σοφία - Δέσποινα

Mass surveillance of communications in the ECtHR and CJEU jurisprudence

Master Thesis

Author

Φεϊζίδου, Σοφία - Δέσποινα

Date

2023-04

Abstract

This study aims to examine the development of the case law of the two highest European court authorities, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU), in the field of mass surveillance, a valuable tool of intelligence services in the fight against serious crime and terrorism. Firstly, a definition of mass surveillance and the characteristics of the concept as well as the social and political reasons at international level justifying the adoption of this technique by the security services are presented. Subsequently, the first section analyses the provisions of the CFR and the ECHR which enshrine the right to privacy of communications as a specific expression of the right to respect for private and family life in EU and international law respectively and are taken into account by the two courts when they are called upon to examine the legality of restrictions on this right in the form of mass surveillance regimes. The second section includes the analysis of the criteria introduced by the provision of Article 8 § 2 of the ECHR which must be met in order for such a restriction on the right to confidential, free communication to be considered lawful, as interpreted by the rich case law of the ECtHR and the recent judgments in Big Brother Watch and Others v. United Kingdom and Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden in which the Strasbourg Court legalized mass surveillance. In the third section the judgments of the CJEU on the general and non-discriminatory retention of communication metadata, which were delivered following a challenge to the relevant European and national legislation, are presented. Finally, a comparative overview of the principles developed in the case law of the ECtHR and the CJEU is provided, the similarities and differences in their reasoning are analysed along with the possible consequences of their common approach or differentiation for the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Δίκαιο και Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών (MSc in Law and Information and Communication Technologies)

Department

Σχολή Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών. Τμήμα Ψηφιακών Συστημάτων

Number of pages

107

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/15507
http://dx.doi.org/10.26267/unipi_dione/2929

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