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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L.E. c. Grèce 21 January 2016 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Greece - Nigeria
Izevbekhai and Others v. Ireland Decision on admissibility. 17 May 2011 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
N v. Sweden 20 July 2010 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Family law - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Sharia law - Women's rights - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden
Quraishi c. Belgique Admissibility application. 12 May 2009 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Immigration Detention - Refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country - Single procedure - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Afghanistan
M.C. v. Bulgaria Final 04/03/2004. 3 December 2003 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Bulgaria

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