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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Sufi and Elmi v. United Kingdom 28 June 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - International protection - Rejected asylum-seekers - Returnees - Security situation \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Nakayev v. Russia 21 June 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Conflict situation - Internal armed conflict - Right to life \| Countries: Russian Federation
Shakhabova v. Russia 12 May 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict \| Countries: Russian Federation
Botan v. the Netherlands This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. 10 March 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Internal armed conflict - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Security situation \| Countries: Netherlands - Somalia
Mohamed v. the Netherlands This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. 10 March 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Internal armed conflict - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Security situation \| Countries: Netherlands - Somalia

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