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Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights

The Court, based in Strasbourg, was set up as a result of the European Convention on Human Rights, created in 1950. This set out a catalogue of civil and political rights and freedoms. It allows people to lodge complaints against States which have signed up to the Convention for alleged violations of those rights. Although founded in 1950, the Court did not actually come into existence until 1959. It gained its present form as a single European Court of Human Rights when Protocol No. 11 to the ECHR took effect in 1998.

The Court is currently made up of 47 judges, one in principle for every State signed up to the Convention. They are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and serve for six years. Judges sit on the Court as individuals and do not represent their country.  Website: www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home
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A.Y. c. Grèce

5 November 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Khlaifia et autres c. Italie

1 September 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Aarabi c. Grèce

2 April 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

MD c. Grèce

13 November 2014 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

S.D. c. Grèce

11 June 2009 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Saadi v. The United Kingdom

11 July 2006 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Abdul-Vakhab Shamayev et 12 autres c. la Georgie et la Russie

16 September 2003 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

B.B. c. France

7 September 1998 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

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