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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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R.U. c. Grèce

Cet arrêt est devenu définitif en vertu de l’article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

7 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Refoulement | Countries: Greece - Turkey

Diallo v. the Czech Republic

23 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Refoulement - Safe third country - Suspensive effect | Countries: Czech Republic - Guinea

M.B. and Others v. Turkey

15 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Re-entry - Refoulement | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Turkey

R.C. v. Sweden

9 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Refoulement - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sweden

Quraishi c. Belgique

Admissibility application.

12 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Immigration Detention - Refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country - Single procedure - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan

K.R.S. v. United Kingdom

Admissibility decision.

2 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mubilanzila Mayeka et Kaniki Mitunga c. Belgique

DÉFINITIF 12/01/2007. Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

12 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Airports - Family reunification - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rejection at border - Travel documents | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga v. Belgium

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

12 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Airports - Family reunification - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rejection at border - Travel documents | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Ahmed v. Austria

17 December 1996 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Austria - Somalia

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