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
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
- Afghanistan 31
- Albania 9
- Algeria 32
- Angola 3
- Armenia 13
- Austria 43
- Azerbaijan 19
- Bangladesh 5
- Belarus 9
- Belgium 36
- Bhutan 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 22
- Brazil 2
- Bulgaria 27
- Burundi 3
- Cameroon 3
- Canada 1
- Cape Verde 1
- Chad 1
- Chile 4
- China 3
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14
- Congo, Republic of the 1
- Croatia 29
- Cyprus 21
- Czech Republic 8
- Côte d'Ivoire 3
- Denmark 15
- Djibouti 2
- Dominican Republic 2
- Ecuador 1
- Egypt 9
- El Salvador 1
- Eritrea 12
- Estonia 4
- Ethiopia 9
- Finland 11
- France 97
- Gambia 1
- Georgia 18
- Germany 27
- Ghana 6
- Greece 73
- Guinea 4
- Guyana 1
- Hungary 16
- India 4
- Indonesia 2
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 47
- Iraq 40
- Ireland 10
- Israel 3
- Italy 55
- Jamaica 2
- Jordan 5
- Kazakhstan 8
- Kenya 2
- Kuwait 3
- Kyrgyzstan 12
- Latvia 18
- Lebanon 7
- Libya 8
- Lithuania 7
- Malawi 1
- Mali 1
- Malta 8
- Mauritania 3
- Moldova, Republic of 12
- Montenegro 6
- Morocco 23
- Nepal 1
- Netherlands 72
- Netherlands Antilles 2
- New Zealand 1
- Nigeria 20
- North Macedonia 7
- Norway 9
- Pakistan 6
- Palestine, State of 11
- Peru 2
- Poland 13
- Portugal 4
- Romania 30
- Russian Federation 193
- Rwanda 1
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 1
- Serbia 24
- Sierra Leone 4
- Slovakia 9
- Slovenia 5
- Somalia 31
- South Sudan 1
- Spain 12
- Sri Lanka 20
- Sudan 9
- Suriname 1
- Sweden 69
- Switzerland 31
- Syrian Arab Republic 22
- Tajikistan 11
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2
- Togo 6
- Tunisia 32
- Turkey 181
- Turkmenistan 6
- Uganda 5
- Ukraine 19
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 115
- United States of America 7
- Uzbekistan 42
- Viet Nam 1
- Yemen 1
- Zambia 1
- Zimbabwe 1
- Abduction 19
- Access to procedures 21
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Administrative courts 4
- Adoption 2
- Airports 3
- Alevis 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 6
- Appeal / Right to appeal 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 78
- Armed forces / Military 11
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 48
- Armenian 1
- Asylum policy 2
- Asylum-seekers 23
- Azeri 1
- Bail 1
- Belarusians 2
- Blood feuds 1
- Border controls 1
- Burden of proof 3
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Chechen 42
- Children's rights 17
- Children-at-risk 11
- Chinese 1
- Christian 10
- Citizenship / Nationality law 12
- Civil and political rights 11
- Civil war 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 2
- Combatants / Former combatants 6
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
- Complementary forms of protection 7
- Conflict situation 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
- Copts 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 35
- Credibility assessment 13
- Crime prevention 5
- Criminal justice 123
- Darfuri 1
- Death penalty 6
- Decision on admissibility 88
- Denial of nationality 10
- Denial of refugee status 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 166
- Derivative status 1
- Diplomatic assurances 17
- Disappeared persons 30
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 23
- Domestic violence 5
- Drug trafficking 3
- EU Qualification Directive 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2
- Effective protection 3
- Effective remedy 160
- Election law 1
- Elections 6
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 24
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 23
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 128
- Extradition 70
- Extrajudicial executions 9
- False documents 2
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Family reunification 38
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
- Flight by land, air or sea 2
- Forced labour 3
- Forced marriage 5
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 350
- Freedom of assembly and association 17
- Freedom of conscience 14
- Freedom of expression 30
- Freedom of information 1
- Freedom of movement 6
- Freedom of religion 22
- Freedom of speech 8
- Gang related violence 1
- Gender discrimination 5
- Gender-based persecution 2
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 1
- Grounds for persecution 1
- HIV and AIDS 18
- Habeas corpus 10
- Habitual residence 3
- Hare Krishna 1
- Hazara 1
- Hindu 1
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 29
- Human rights activists 5
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 15
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 4
- Human rights monitors 2
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Illegal entry 11
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 5
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigration Detention 127
- Immigration law 17
- Independence of judiciary 4
- Ingush 2
- Internal armed conflict 5
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 18
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
- International armed conflict 2
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- International protection 2
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Jehovah's Witness 11
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 6
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 11
- Legal representation / Legal aid 15
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 24
- Mandate status 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 1
- Maternal and child health care 1
- Mental health 19
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrants 2
- Military courts 3
- Military law 1
- Military operations 2
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 3
- Minority rights 3
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 5
- National security / Public order 16
- Naturalization 7
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 26
- Non-self-governing territories 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 4
- Opposition 9
- Palestinian 4
- Passports 6
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 47
- Persecution of family members 8
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
- Persons with disabilities 5
- Physical harm 4
- Police 11
- Political asylum 2
- Political groups 7
- Political parties 15
- Political situation 4
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 6
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 37
- Prevention of discrimination 7
- Prison or detention conditions 94
- Proof of nationality 6
- Property restitution 4
- Prosecution vs persecution 9
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
- Public health 23
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 7
- Re-entry 1
- Reception 7
- Refoulement 16
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugee camps 1
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 6
- Refugees 22
- Regional instruments 27
- Registration 9
- Rejected asylum-seekers 30
- Rejection at border 3
- Religious discrimination 12
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Residence permits / Residency 45
- Return conditions 2
- Returnees 1
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to education 9
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 203
- Right to health 6
- Right to justice 45
- Right to liberty and security 147
- Right to life 85
- Rights of non-citizens 24
- Roma 23
- Romanians 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 41
- Sabean Mandean 2
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 15
- Saharawis 1
- Security forces 6
- Security situation 9
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 8
- Sexual and reproductive rights 8
- Sharia law 2
- Sikh 1
- Single heads of household 1
- Single procedure 5
- Smuggling of persons 1
- Social group discrimination 2
- Social group persecution 4
- Standard of proof 1
- State protection 6
- Statelessness 42
- Sunni 2
- Sur place persecution 1
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Suspensive effect 12
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 9
- Temporary admission 2
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 60
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Torture 10
- Trafficking in persons 7
- Transit 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
- Travel documents 5
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Turkmen 1
- Tutsis 1
- UNHCR mandate 1
- Uighur 2
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 8
- Unification Church 1
- Unlawful departure 2
- Uzbek 11
- Visas 12
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 4
- Well-founded fear of persecution 4
- Withdrawal of nationality 5
- Witnesses 6
- Women's rights 3
- Women-at-risk 5
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