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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.M.E. v. the Netherlands

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

Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria

2014 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Hayaati Ahmed Ali v. The Netherlands and Greece

24 January 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan

9 January 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Elkhan CHIRAGOV and Others v. Armenia

14 December 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria

2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

M.A.D. c. France

12 October 2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Practical guide on admissibility criteria

2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Saadi v. The United Kingdom

27 September 2005 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Hukic v. Sweden

27 September 2005 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

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