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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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Musayeva and Others v. Russia

The judgmen became final on 31 March 2008.

26 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Bogdanovski c. Italie

Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

14 December 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Extradition - Pre-trial detention | Countries: Italy - Serbia

Ismoilov and Others v. Russia

Partial decision.

12 December 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Extradition - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Russian Federation

Karaoglan v. Turkey

Final 31/01/2007. This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

31 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Criminal justice - Independence of judiciary - Military courts - Pre-trial detention - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Turkey

Saadi v. The United Kingdom

This case was referred to the Grand Chamber, which delivered judgment on 29 January 2008. This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

11 July 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Illegal entry - Immigration Detention - Pre-trial detention - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Karim v. Sweden

4 July 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Bangladesh - Sweden

H.L. v. The United Kingdom

5 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Mentally disadvantaged persons - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Vasileva v. Denmark

25 September 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Bulgaria - Denmark

Matyar v. Turkey

Final, 10/07/2002.

21 February 2002 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Security forces | Countries: Turkey

Amuur v. France

in order to determine whether someone has been “deprived of his liberty” within the meaning of Article 5 of the ECHR, “the starting point must be his concrete situation, and account must be taken of a whole range of criteria such as the type, duration, effects and manner of implementation of the measure in question. The difference between deprivation of and restriction upon liberty is merely one of degree or intensity, and not one of nature or substance. [...] Above all, such confinement must not deprive the asylum-seeker of the right to gain effective access to the procedure for determining refugee status” (para. 43)

25 June 1996 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Right to liberty and security - Transit | Countries: France - Somalia

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