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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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Singh et autres c. Belgique

2 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Minorities - Proof of nationality - Refoulement - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Sikh | Countries: Afghanistan - Belgium

Kuric et autres c. Slovénie

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Kuric and Others v. Slovenia

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Proof of nationality - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Croatia - Slovenia

Kuric and others v. Slovenia

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Kuric and Others v. Slovenia

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Proof of nationality - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Serbia - Slovenia - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Genovese v. Malta

11 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Multiple nationality - Proof of nationality - Right to a nationality | Countries: Malta

Merie v. The Netherlands

20 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Immigration Detention - Proof of nationality - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Burundi - Netherlands

Tatishvili v. Russia

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

22 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Passports - Proof of nationality - Registration - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Georgia - Russian Federation

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