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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CASE OF SZUROVECZ v. HUNGARY (Application no. 15428/16) The case concerned media access to reception facilities for asylum-seekers. The applicant in the case, a journalist for an Internet news portal, complained about the authorities’ refusal of his request to carry out interviews and take photographs at the Debrecen Reception Centre, thus preventing him from reporting on the living conditions there. The Court stressed that research work was an essential part of press freedom and had to be protected. It was not convinced that restricting the applicant’s ability to carry out such research work, which had prevented him from reporting first-hand on a matter of considerable public interest, namely the refugee crisis in Hungary, had been sufficiently justified. In particular, the authorities had only given summary reasons, namely possible problems for the safety and private lives of asylum-seekers, for their refusal, without any real weighing up of the interests at stake. 8 October 2019 \| 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): Freedom of expression \| Countries: Hungary
Children's rights April 2019 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses
Petropavlovskis v. Latvia 13 January 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Effective remedy - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression - Naturalization - Persecution based on political opinion - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness \| Countries: Latvia
Petropavlovskis v. Latvia 13 January 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Effective remedy - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression - Naturalization - Persecution based on political opinion - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness \| Countries: Latvia
Internet: Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights June 2011 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses
Fatih Taş c. Turquie 5 April 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Effective remedy - Freedom of expression - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness \| Countries: Turkey
Handbook on European non-discrimination law 21 March 2011 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Handbooks/Manuals
Camyar and Berktas v. Turkey 15 February 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Criminal justice - Freedom of expression \| Countries: Turkey
Aydin v. Germany 27 January 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Freedom of expression \| Countries: Germany - Turkey
Mentes c. Turquie (No. 2) 25 January 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Criminal justice - Freedom of expression - Political groups - Political parties \| Countries: Turkey

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