Núñez Fernández, José2024-06-262024-06-262018-06Núñez Fernández, J.: “Lifers before the European Court of Human Rights: Reasons for Concern and Disappointment”, Supplement of Valahia University LAW STUDY Târgoviste (2018), pp. 100-109.2247-9937https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/22749The registered version of this article, first published in Valahia University LAW STUDY, is available online at the publisher's website: Bibliotheca, https://www.analefsj.ro/fr/index.phpLa versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Valahia University LAW STUDY, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Bibliotheca, https://www.analefsj.ro/fr/index.phpLifer´s human rights are still far from being properly acknowledged by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Recent Grand Chamber judgments such as Vinter and others v. United Kingdom (2013), Murray v. The Netherlands (2016) and Hutchinson v. United Kingdom (2017) bring in some contradictions and inconsistencies that feature a rather poor and hypocritical defense of human dignity. Here is an attempt to explain some of these problems that call for a much more committed approach by the ECtHR in relation to those who might spend the rest of their life in prison.enAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional56 Ciencias Jurídicas y DerechoartículoEuropean Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)liferslife sentenceshuman dignityright to hopecriminal dangerousnesspublic protectionre-socialization