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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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N. c. Royaume-Uni

Cet arrêt est définitif. Il peut subir des retouches de forme. Case history before national courts: N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1369; and [2005] UKHL 31.

27 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N. v. The United Kingdom

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision. Case history before national courts: N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1369; and [2005] UKHL 31.

27 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ahmed v. Sweden

16 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Public health | Countries: Sweden

Amegnigan v. The Netherlands

25 November 2004 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility - Expulsion - HIV and AIDS | Countries: Netherlands - Togo

Karner v. Austria

24 July 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Austria

S.C.C. v. Sweden

Admissibility application.

15 February 2000 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health - Residence permits / Residency - Right to life | Countries: Sweden - Zambia

B.B. c. France

7 September 1998 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): HIV and AIDS - Illegal entry | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - France

D. v. United Kingdom

The case is numbered 146/1996/767/964. The first number is the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second number). The last two numbers indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to the Court since its creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications to the Commission.

2 May 1997 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: Saint Kitts and Nevis - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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