Helen Keller is Professor of Public, European and International Law at the University of Zurich. She has spent six months at the Court researching friendly settlements and interviewing the relevant actors. Since 2008, she has been a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Her publications concerning International, European and Swiss law have appeared in many journals.Dr. Magdalena Forowicz was educated Canada, United Kingdom and Switzerland. She has taught and conducted research at Universities in Switzerland and the United Kindgom. She has also worked in West Africa on child rights reform and on World War II compensation at an International Organisation in Geneva. Dr Forowicz has published articles in international humanitarian and criminal law and a book entitled The Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights. Dr Lorenz Engi has a PhD in law (University of Zurich, 2007) and a PhD in philosophy (University of Munich, 2010). He was a research assistant at the University of St. Gallen from 2004 to 2006 and the University of Constance from 2006 to 2008. He is currently a Post-doc Researcher at the University of Zurich.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Legal Framework and Practice ; 3. Beyond Doctrine - The Strasbourg Realities ; 4. Philosophical Background ; 5. Analysis of the Court's Practice in Selected Areas ; 6. The Future of Friendly Settlements

Helen Keller is Professor of Public, European and International Law at the University of Zurich. She has spent six months at the Court researching friendly settlements and interviewing the relevant actors. Since 2008, she has been a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Her publications concerning International, European and Swiss law have appeared in many journals.Dr. Magdalena Forowicz was educated Canada, United Kingdom and Switzerland. She has taught and conducted research at Universities in Switzerland and the United Kindgom. She has also worked in West Africa on child rights reform and on World War II compensation at an International Organisation in Geneva. Dr Forowicz has published articles in international humanitarian and criminal law and a book entitled The Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights. Dr Lorenz Engi has a PhD in law (University of Zurich, 2007) and a PhD in philosophy (University of Munich, 2010). He was a research assistant at the University of St. Gallen from 2004 to 2006 and the University of Constance from 2006 to 2008. He is currently a Post-doc Researcher at the University of Zurich.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Legal Framework and Practice ; 3. Beyond Doctrine - The Strasbourg Realities ; 4. Philosophical Background ; 5. Analysis of the Court's Practice in Selected Areas ; 6. The Future of Friendly Settlements

Helen Keller is Professor of Public, European and International Law at the University of Zurich. She has spent six months at the Court researching friendly settlements and interviewing the relevant actors. Since 2008, she has been a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Her publications concerning International, European and Swiss law have appeared in many journals.Dr. Magdalena Forowicz was educated Canada, United Kingdom and Switzerland. She has taught and conducted research at Universities in Switzerland and the United Kindgom. She has also worked in West Africa on child rights reform and on World War II compensation at an International Organisation in Geneva. Dr Forowicz has published articles in international humanitarian and criminal law and a book entitled The Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights. Dr Lorenz Engi has a PhD in law (University of Zurich, 2007) and a PhD in philosophy (University of Munich, 2010). He was a research assistant at the University of St. Gallen from 2004 to 2006 and the University of Constance from 2006 to 2008. He is currently a Post-doc Researcher at the University of Zurich.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Legal Framework and Practice ; 3. Beyond Doctrine - The Strasbourg Realities ; 4. Philosophical Background ; 5. Analysis of the Court's Practice in Selected Areas ; 6. The Future of Friendly Settlements