Depends on how you interpret the ECHR.

Does it allow blocking half the internet during football games?

It almost certainly does not: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-115705%...

AFAIU this is common because lower courts often deliberately choose to not try to interpret ECHR, leaving that for appeals courts.

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input_sh an hour ago | parent [-]

I interpret ECHR as what it is: not a regulatory body by any stretch of the imagination. It can recommend changes to the national law, but it cannot force any state to do so. You seem to be interpreting it as some sort of an equivalent to the US supreme court, which it is not.

But now we're straying even further from my original argument which boils down to "laws mean something" into arguing the intricacies of how laws are supposed to be changed. I'm not interested in having that discussion, as it has nothing to do with my original claim.

	▲	pschastain an hour ago \| parent [-]
		ECHR decisions are (supposed to be) legally binding. If they're not obeyed, that's not a good look for rule of law in Europe. ECHR decisions are certainly not mere recommendations. >It can recommend changes to the national law, but it cannot force any state to do so ECHR can simply invalidate national law.