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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X v. Switzerland 26 January 2017 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Physical harm - Political asylum - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil \| Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland
Tarakhel v. Switzerland 4 November 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to family life \| Countries: Afghanistan - Italy - Pakistan - Switzerland
M.P.E.V. and Others v. Switzerland 8 July 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Right to family life \| Countries: Ecuador - Switzerland
Ukaj c. Suisse 24 June 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Crime prevention - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Habitual residence - Kosovar - Right to family life - Temporary protection \| Countries: Switzerland
Jusic c. Suisse 2 December 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to liberty and security \| Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Switzerland
Agraw c. Suisse 29 July 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life \| Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland
Mengesha Kimfe c. Suisse 29 July 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life \| Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland

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