Ludzie dość często zadawali nam pytanie, dlaczego właśnie Mongolia: fatalne
drogi, bagna, rzeki, piach, podjazdy, upał i nocny chłód. Czasem za mało mamy
odwagi na taką decyzję, bo uważamy, że jest za późno, bo obowiązki, kredyty,
praca. Ale to wspólny cel zmaterializował rzecz, w którą wielu nie wierzyło, a
która pozwoliła wniknąć w głąb i odnaleźć siłę na dokonywanie niezwykłych
rzeczy. Mongolia to kraj, w którym każdy odkrywa samego siebie. Dawaliśmy
rowerom ostro popalić, a co za tym idzie i sobie. Pokonaliśmy trasę dłuższą
niż planowaliśmy. Ale warto było. Bo tak naprawdę tylko ty możesz powiedzieć
„jadę dalej”.
The work on this monograph devoted to the interpretation of the European
Convention on Human Rights grew out of the conviction that there is still a
need for in-depth theoretical investigations in this field. The aim of this
study is not to discuss in a comprehensive and detailed way all the rules of
interpretation employed by ECHR, but rather to look from the theoretical
perspective at what are, in the author's opinion, the main problems associated
with this interpretation. Therefore, particular chapters are devoted to such
issues as: the application by the Strasburg Court of the methods of
interpretation stipulated in the VCLT, since the Convention is an
international agreement; the principles of interpretation of the ECHR which
should play a leading role in the process of interpretation; the main methods
or doctrines of interpretation the method of proportionality, dynamic
interpretation (the living instrument), autonomous interpretation, and the
doctrine of the margin of appreciation. Separate chapters deal with the
problem of the order in which the different methods should be applied, the
determinants of the Court's interpretation of the ECHR, and the question of
the constitutional character attributed to the Convention and to the Court. In
this study, the author puts forward the research hypothesis that there is a
significant correlation between, on the one hand, the way the ECtHR interprets
the Convention and, on the other, the level of legitimacy enjoyed by this
judicial body and the level of success achieved in the process of its
constitutionalization.
