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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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M.A.D. c. France

12 October 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Countries: France - Guinea

Alajos Kiss v. Hungary

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Civil and political rights - Elections - Mental health | Countries: Hungary

Tanase v. Moldova

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

27 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Civil and political rights - Election law - Elections - Political parties - Romanians | Countries:

Sejdic and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

22 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Elections - Jew - Roma | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sejdic and Finci c. Bosnie-Herzégovine

Cet arrêt est définitif. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

22 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Elections - Jew - Roma | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seyidzade v. Azerbaijan

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

3 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Civil and political rights - Elections - Religious discrimination | Countries: Azerbaijan

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