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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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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

Grant 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.

8 January 2009 | 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: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

S. and Marper v. United Kingdom

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

4 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Crime prevention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

S. and Marper v. United Kingdom

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

4 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

K.R.S. v. United Kingdom

Admissibility decision.

2 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

NA. 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.

17 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

M. v. United Kingdom

Admissibility decision.

24 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Persecution based on political opinion - Public health - Right to family life | Countries: Congo, Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Basnet v. United Kingdom

Admissibility decision.

24 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Nepal - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N. c. Royaume-Uni

Cet arrêt est définitif. Il peut subir des retouches de forme. Case history before national courts: N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1369; and [2005] UKHL 31.

27 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N. v. The United Kingdom

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision. Case history before national courts: N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1369; and [2005] UKHL 31.

27 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Public health | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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