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
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
- Children's rights 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 5
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Decision on admissibility 3
- Deportation / Forcible return 10
- Effective remedy 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Expulsion 3
- False documents 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 9
- Immigration Detention 1
- Mental health 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 7
- Physical harm 1
- Political asylum 1
- Political parties 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 6
- Right to family life 1
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Safe third country 1
- Tamil 9
- Terrorism 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
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