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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CASE OF SZUROVECZ v. HUNGARY (Application no. 15428/16) The case concerned media access to reception facilities for asylum-seekers. The applicant in the case, a journalist for an Internet news portal, complained about the authorities’ refusal of his request to carry out interviews and take photographs at the Debrecen Reception Centre, thus preventing him from reporting on the living conditions there. The Court stressed that research work was an essential part of press freedom and had to be protected. It was not convinced that restricting the applicant’s ability to carry out such research work, which had prevented him from reporting first-hand on a matter of considerable public interest, namely the refugee crisis in Hungary, had been sufficiently justified. In particular, the authorities had only given summary reasons, namely possible problems for the safety and private lives of asylum-seekers, for their refusal, without any real weighing up of the interests at stake. 8 October 2019 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Freedom of expression \| Countries: Hungary
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) on preliminary ruling request under Article 267 TFEU from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Administrative and Labour Court, Szeged, Hungary), in Case C‑473/16, F v. Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal (Office for Immigration and Citizenship, Hungary) This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and Article 4 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ 2011 L 337, p. 9). 25 January 2018 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) \| Countries: Hungary - Nigeria
Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary 14 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country \| Countries: Bangladesh - Hungary
O.M. v. Hungary 5 July 2016 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Immigration Detention - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Prison or detention conditions \| Countries: Hungary - Iran, Islamic Republic of
Nabil and others v. Hungary 22 September 2015 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Expulsion - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Safe third country \| Countries: Hungary - Serbia - Somalia
Mohammadi v. Austria 3 July 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Safe third country \| Countries: Afghanistan - Austria - Hungary - Serbia
Mohammed v. Austria 6 June 2013 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Regional instruments - Safe third country \| Countries: Austria - Hungary - Sudan
Horváth and Kiss v. Hungary 29 January 2013 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Right to education - Roma \| Countries: Hungary
Al-Tayyar Abdelhakim v. Hungary 23 October 2012 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Expulsion - Immigration Detention \| Countries: Hungary - Lebanon - Palestine, State of
Hendrin Ali Said and Aras Ali Said v. Hungary 23 October 2012 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Expulsion - Immigration Detention \| Countries: Hungary - Iraq

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