Poverty-Related Discrimination in the European Court of Human Rights or the ‘Art of Ignoring the Poor’ – Analysing the ECtHR’s Non-Discrimination Jurisprudence Based on Sen’s Capability Approach and Fredman’s Four-Dimensional Concept of Substantive Equality
Poverty and non-discrimination law have traditionally evolved on two parallel tracks. The former has primarily been dealt with in socioeconomic terms, while the latter mainly focused on civil and political rights. Despite having the legal avenues to do so, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) remains reluctant to recognise poverty as a discrimination ground. Hence, this thesis explores the c