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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Ahmed v. the United Kingdom 2 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Refugee / Asylum law - Rejected asylum-seekers \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sufi and Elmi v. United Kingdom 28 June 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - International protection - Rejected asylum-seekers - Returnees - Security situation \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
S.H. v. United Kingdom 15 June 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Human rights activists - Nepalis - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers \| Countries: Bhutan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A.W. Khan v. United Kingdom 12 January 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Right to family life \| Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Khan v. United Kingdom Admissibility application. 8 December 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life \| Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Omojudi v. United Kingdom This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. 24 November 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Visas \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Andrews v. United Kingdom Admissibility application. 29 September 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Andrews v. United Kingdom Admissibility application. 29 September 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - National security / Public order - Right to family life - Visas \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Onur v. United Kingdom This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. 17 February 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Crime prevention - Deportation / Forcible return - Right to family life \| Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sivanathan v. United Kingdom Admissibility application. 3 February 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - False documents - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Voluntary repatriation \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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