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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Kadirzhanov and Mamashev v. Russia 17 July 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Suspensive effect - Uzbek \| Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation
CASE OF GEORGIA v. RUSSIA (I) (Application no. 13255/07) Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens - Collective expulsion of Georgian nationals by Russian authorities from October 2006 to January 2007: administrative practice in breach While every State had the right to establish its own immigration policy, problems with managing migration flows could not justify practices incompatible with the State’s obligations under the Convention. The expulsions of Georgian nationals during the period in question had not been carried out following, and on the basis of, a reasonable and objective examination of the particular case of each individual. This amounted to an administrative practice in breach of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4. Article 33 - Inter-State application - Collective expulsion of Georgian nationals by Russian authorities from October 2006 to January 2007 Several other violations found 3 July 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Asylum policy - Expulsion \| Countries: Georgia - Russian Federation
Yarashonen v. Turkey 24 June 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Chechen - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Regional instruments \| Countries: Russian Federation - Türkiye
Khadzhiev v. Bulgaria 3 June 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Extradition - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Turkmen \| Countries: Bulgaria - Russian Federation - Turkmenistan
Akram Karimov v. Russia 28 May 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Suspensive effect \| Countries: Russian Federation - Uzbekistan
Nizamov and Others v. Russia 7 May 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Russian Federation - Uzbekistan
Gayratbek Saliyev v. Russia 17 April 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Generalized violence - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect - Uzbek \| Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation
Ismailov v. Russia 17 April 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect - Terrorism - Uzbek \| Countries: Russian Federation - Uzbekistan
M.G. v. Bulgarie 31 March 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Chechen - Extradition \| Countries: Bulgaria - Russian Federation
Zarmayev c. Belgique 27 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Chechen - Extradition \| Countries: Belgium - Russian Federation

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