Alcune osservazioni sull'orientamento delle Corti nel decennale delle "sentenze gemelle"

di Rosa Stella De Fazio

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione. - 2. Il ruolo della Corte europea dei diritti dell'uomo. Analisi e conseguenze di un "monopolio" interpretativo. - 3. Il Protocollo n. 16 della Convenzione europea dei diritti dell'uomo: una pos-sibile via al "dialogo tra Corti". - 4. Considerazioni conclusive.

The research aims at analyzing the balance between respect for the European public order of human rights and recognition of the independence of constitutional values, which emerged in the tenth anniversary of the rulings of the Constitutional Court No. 348 and No. 349 of 2007 ("twin sentences"). The study reveals the tendency shown by the Constitutional Court in preserving its competence to judge the conformity of the rules of the Convention with the entire Constitution, in order to grant a greater protection guaranteed by the internal legal system compared to the European one. In addition, following the enactment of the "twin sentences", some important consequences emerged in relation to the "interpretive monopoly" held by the European Court of Human Right in giving a unique interpretation of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Such consequences could be summarized in the jurisprudential application by the Italian judges of the norms of the ECHR as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights. A possible panacea to the consequent erosion of the national sovereignty is reflected in the greater openness to a "dialogue" between National Courts and the European Court of Human Right, whose "advisory opinion" mechanism, provided by Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR, could represent a concrete demonstration.