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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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Riad et autres et Idiab et autres c. Belgique

21 September 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status | Countries: Belgium

Mubilanzila Mayeka et Kaniki Mitunga c. Belgique

26 January 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Pre-trial detention - Prison or detention conditions - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Ntumba Kabongo c. Belgique

2 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Conka v. Belgium

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention.

5 February 2002 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Belgium - Slovakia

De Haes and Gijsels v. Belgium

24 February 1997 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Right to justice | Countries: Belgium

C. v. Belgium

The case is numbered 35/1995/541/627. The first number is the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second number). The last two numbers indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications to the Commission.

26 May 1996 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

Moustaquim v. Belgium

18 February 1991 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

Moustaquim c. Belgique

18 February 1991 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

Albert and Le Compte v. Belgium

28 January 1983 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Belgium

Marckx v. Belgium

13 June 1979 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Right to family life | Countries: Belgium

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