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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
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
- Afghanistan 28
- Albania 8
- Algeria 29
- Angola 3
- Armenia 13
- Austria 40
- Azerbaijan 19
- Bangladesh 4
- Belarus 9
- Belgium 33
- Bhutan 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 21
- Brazil 2
- Bulgaria 23
- Burundi 3
- Cameroon 3
- Canada 1
- Chad 1
- Chile 4
- China 3
- Colombia 2
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14
- Congo, Republic of the 1
- Croatia 26
- Cyprus 19
- Czech Republic 8
- Côte d'Ivoire 2
- Denmark 14
- Djibouti 1
- Dominican Republic 2
- Ecuador 1
- Egypt 6
- Eritrea 10
- Estonia 3
- Ethiopia 8
- Finland 10
- France 90
- Gambia 1
- Georgia 15
- Germany 22
- Ghana 2
- Greece 65
- Guinea 4
- Guyana 1
- Hungary 12
- India 4
- Indonesia 2
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 45
- Iraq 36
- Ireland 10
- Israel 3
- Italy 50
- Jamaica 2
- Jordan 5
- Kazakhstan 5
- Kenya 1
- Kuwait 3
- Kyrgyzstan 11
- Latvia 18
- Lebanon 6
- Libya 8
- Lithuania 5
- Malawi 1
- Malta 6
- Mauritania 3
- Moldova, Republic of 11
- Montenegro 6
- Morocco 20
- Nepal 1
- Netherlands 64
- Netherlands Antilles 2
- Nigeria 17
- Norway 6
- Pakistan 5
- Palestine, State of 7
- Peru 2
- Poland 12
- Portugal 4
- Romania 26
- Russian Federation 175
- Rwanda 1
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Serbia 22
- Sierra Leone 4
- Slovakia 9
- Slovenia 5
- Somalia 26
- Spain 10
- Sri Lanka 18
- Sudan 7
- Sweden 66
- Switzerland 26
- Syrian Arab Republic 17
- Tajikistan 8
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7
- Togo 5
- Tunisia 30
- Turkey 174
- Turkmenistan 5
- Uganda 4
- Ukraine 17
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 108
- United States of America 5
- Uzbekistan 33
- Yemen 1
- Zambia 1
- Abduction 19
- Access to procedures 20
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 4
- Adoption 1
- Age discrimination 1
- Airports 3
- Alevis 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 7
- Appeal / Right to appeal 10
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 62
- Armed forces / Military 11
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 48
- Armenian 1
- Asylum-seekers 20
- Azeri 1
- Bail 1
- Belarusians 2
- Blood feuds 1
- Burden of proof 3
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 3
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Chechen 42
- Children's rights 14
- Children-at-risk 9
- Christian 10
- Citizenship / Nationality law 10
- Civil and political rights 12
- Civil war 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 2
- Combatants / Former combatants 6
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
- Complementary forms of protection 5
- Conflict situation 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
- Copts 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 35
- Credibility assessment 11
- Crime prevention 4
- Criminal justice 126
- Darfuri 1
- Death penalty 7
- Decision on admissibility 79
- Denial of nationality 10
- Denial of refugee status 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 153
- Derivative status 1
- Diplomatic assurances 17
- Disappeared persons 30
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 27
- Domestic violence 5
- Drug trafficking 3
- EU Qualification Directive 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 3
- Effective protection 2
- Effective remedy 143
- Election law 1
- Elections 6
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 23
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 20
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 112
- Extradition 70
- Extrajudicial executions 9
- False documents 1
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Family reunification 19
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Flight by land, air or sea 2
- Forced labour 3
- Forced marriage 5
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 312
- Freedom of assembly and association 19
- Freedom of conscience 16
- Freedom of expression 32
- Freedom of information 2
- Freedom of movement 7
- Freedom of religion 25
- Freedom of speech 8
- Gender discrimination 6
- Gender-based persecution 2
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 1
- HIV and AIDS 15
- Habeas corpus 10
- Habitual residence 3
- Hare Krishna 1
- Hazara 1
- Hindu 1
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 30
- Human rights activists 5
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 19
- Human rights courts 7
- Human rights law 6
- Human rights monitors 2
- Illegal entry 10
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigration Detention 117
- Immigration law 14
- Independence of judiciary 4
- Ingush 2
- Internal armed conflict 5
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 18
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
- International armed conflict 2
- International criminal law 1
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- International protection 2
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Jehovah's Witness 11
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 7
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 11
- Laws relating to religion 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 16
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 28
- Mandate status 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 1
- Mental health 19
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrants 2
- Military courts 3
- Military law 1
- Military operations 2
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 20
- Minorities 3
- Minority rights 2
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 5
- National security / Public order 12
- Naturalization 7
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 23
- Non-self-governing territories 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 3
- Opposition 9
- Palestinian 3
- Passports 5
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 46
- Persecution of family members 8
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
- Persons with disabilities 6
- Physical harm 1
- Police 9
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 7
- Political parties 15
- Political situation 4
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 6
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 37
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 85
- Proof of nationality 6
- Property restitution 4
- Prosecution vs persecution 9
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
- Public health 26
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 7
- Re-entry 1
- Reception 7
- Refoulement 14
- Refugee / Asylum law 2
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 5
- Refugees 21
- Regional instruments 31
- Registration 8
- Rejected asylum-seekers 28
- Rejection at border 2
- Religious discrimination 15
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Residence permits / Residency 40
- Return conditions 2
- Returnees 1
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 11
- Right to employment 4
- Right to family life 157
- Right to health 8
- Right to justice 46
- Right to liberty and security 130
- Right to life 82
- Rights of non-citizens 24
- Roma 24
- Romanians 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 39
- SGBV 9
- Sabean Mandean 2
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 15
- Saharawis 1
- Security forces 6
- Security situation 7
- Sexual and reproductive rights 11
- Sharia law 2
- Sikh 1
- Single heads of household 1
- Single procedure 6
- Smuggling of persons 1
- Social group discrimination 4
- Social group persecution 4
- Standard of proof 1
- State protection 6
- Statelessness 33
- Sunni 2
- Sur place persecution 1
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Suspensive effect 13
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 8
- Temporary admission 2
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 61
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Torture 9
- Trafficking in persons 9
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
- Travel documents 5
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
- Turkmen 1
- Tutsis 1
- UNHCR mandate 1
- Uighur 2
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
- Unification Church 1
- Unlawful departure 2
- Uzbek 10
- Visas 11
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 4
- Well-founded fear of persecution 4
- Withdrawal of nationality 5
- Witnesses 6
- Women's rights 3
- Women-at-risk 6
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