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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H.A. et autres c. Grece (application no. 19951/16) The case concerns the arrest of the applicants, nine unaccompanied minors, and their placement in different police stations in northern Greece and in the Diavata centre. The Court found violations of articles 3 on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment (no violation on living conditions), violation of article 13 on the right to an effective remedy and a violation of article 5 (1) and (4) on the right to liberty and security, right to a speedy decision on the lawfulness of a detention measure. 28 February 2019 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security - Unaccompanied / Separated children \| Countries: Greece - Iraq - Morocco - Syrian Arab Republic
S.F. and Others v. Bulgaria 7 December 2017 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Police - Prison or detention conditions \| Countries: Bulgaria - Iraq - Switzerland
Z.A. and others v. Russia 28 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security \| Countries: Iraq - Palestine, State of - Russian Federation - Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic
J.K. and Others v. Sweden 23 August 2016 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Security situation \| Countries: Iraq - Sweden
Ha.A. c. Grèce 21 April 2016 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security \| Countries: Greece - Iraq
A.Y. c. Grèce 5 November 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Illegal entry - Threats / Intimidation \| Countries: Greece - Iraq
J.K. and Others v. Sweden 4 June 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Threats / Intimidation \| Countries: Iraq - Sweden
W.H. v. Sweden (Grand Chamber) 8 April 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sabean Mandean \| Countries: Iraq - Sweden
Mohamad c. Grèce 11 December 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Illegal entry - Prison or detention conditions - Unaccompanied / Separated children \| Countries: Greece - Iraq
A.A.M v. Sweden 3 April 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) \| Countries: Iraq - Sweden

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