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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Dougoz c. Grèce L'Etat défendeur doit verser au requérant, dans les trois mois à compter du jour où l'arrêt sera devenu définitif conformément à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention, 5 000 000 de GRD (cinq millions de drachmes) pour dommage moral et pour frais et dépens, plus tout montant pouvant être dû au titre de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée. 6 March 2001 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Effective remedy - Expulsion \| Countries: Greece - Syrian Arab Republic
Dougoz v. Greece 8 February 2000 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Decision on admissibility \| Countries: Greece - Syrian Arab Republic
Mahmoud Mamou and Others v. Hungary 22 June 1999 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Countries: Hungary - Syrian Arab Republic

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