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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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Z.H. and R.H. v. Switzerland

8 December 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Mahamed Jama v. Malta

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

A.Y. c. Grèce

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

L.M. and Others v. Russia

15 October 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Vrountou v. Cyprus

13 October 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Nabil and others v. Hungary

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

T.A. et autres contre la Suisse

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

R.H. v. Sweden

10 September 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

E.A. c. Grèce

30 July 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

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