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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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Ilyasova v. Russia

10 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed forces / Military - Chechen - Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Russian Federation

Vakayeva and Others v. Russia

10 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Khutsayev and Others v. Russia

27 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chechen - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Dzhabrailovy v. Russia

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Suleymanova v. Russia

12 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Chechen - Effective remedy - Extrajudicial executions - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Abdurashidova v. Russia

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Seriyevy v. Russia

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Sadulayeva v. Russia

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Mudayevy v. Russia

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Tasatayevy v. Russia

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

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