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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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Khodzhayev v. Russia

12 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Muslim - Political situation - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Russian Federation - Tajikistan

R.C. v. Sweden

9 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Refoulement - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sweden

Daoudi c. France

Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

3 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Terrorism - Withdrawal of nationality | Countries: Algeria - France

Kaboulov v. Ukraine

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

19 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Pre-trial detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to life | Countries: Kazakhstan - Ukraine

O v. Netherlands

Admissibility decision.

17 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejected asylum-seekers - Terrorism | Countries: Mauritania - Netherlands

I.G., M.K. and R.H. v. Slovakia

Admissibility application.

22 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to family life - Sexual and reproductive rights - Women's rights | Countries: Slovakia

I.N. v. Sweden

14 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Right to life | Countries: Burundi - Sweden

Khoa Rahim v. Norway

Admissibility application.

2 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - Norway

V.C. v. Slovakia

Admissibility application.

16 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Effective remedy - Gender discrimination - Right to family life - Roma - Sexual and reproductive rights - Women's rights | Countries: Slovakia

F.H. v. Sweden

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

20 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life - Security situation | Countries: Iraq - Sweden

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