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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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D.N.W. v. Sweden

6 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment | Countries: Ethiopia - Sweden

Biraga and Others v. Sweden

3 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Family reunification - Immigration law - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - Sweden

Agraw c. Suisse

29 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | 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 | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland

Tsfayo v. the 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.

14 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Administrative courts - Independence of judiciary - Legal representation / Legal aid - Political asylum | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Tuquabo-Tekle and Others v. the Netherlands

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

1 December 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Family reunification - Right to family life | Countries: Eritrea - Netherlands

Bonger v. The Netherlands

15 September 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility - Expulsion | Countries: Ethiopia - Netherlands

Tuquabo-Tekle and Others v. the Netherlands

19 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Family reunification - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - Netherlands

Wiff Jama v. Sweden

12 October 1999 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Countries: Ethiopia - Sweden

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