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HARDtalk: Dean Spielmann 

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14/01/2014 GMT

Dean Spielmann 

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Dean Spielmann

Stephen Sackur speaks to Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights.

HARDtalk speaks to Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights. It is an institution steeped in European idealism and ambition, but does it work?

Eight hundred million Europeans' fundamental rights and liberties are supposed to be safeguarded by the European Court of Human Rights. It is an institution steeped in European idealism and ambition, but does it work? HARDtalk speaks to the President of the Strasbourg based court Dean Spielmann. Critics condemn it as an undemocratic, unaccountable infringement on national sovereignty; do they have a case?

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