Judicial review of administrative sanctions in the european convention of human rights (ECHR)

Abstract

This article analyzes the review of Administrative Sanctions, starting by the distinguishing if, in the framework of art. 6 of ECHR, this is a civil or a Penal Procedure and the unlimited jurisdiction in appeals applied to Penal Sanctions. It also studies the integration in National Law of the right to an unlimited jurisdiction appeal and revises the application of art. 6, in the Administrative Sanction Procedure. Finally, the author analyzes the relation between ECHR and Contentious Administrative Proceedings in Spain concerning the review of administrative sanctions and their individualisation.