Mr Bernard Connolly

HL Deb 08 May 2001 vol 625 c175WA

Lord Willoughby de Broke

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they believe that the decision of the European Court of Justice in the case brought against Mr Bernard Connolly by the Commission is in conflict with precedents set by the European Court of Human Rights. [HL1260]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

In its judgment in the case brought by Mr Bernard Connolly against the European Commission, the European Court of Justice stressed that fundamental rights form an integral part of the general principles of law, whose observance the Court ensures. The Court highlighted the special significance of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in that regard and made direct reference to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.