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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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Saidoun c. Grèce

28 October 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Greece - Lebanon

Fawsie c. Grèce

28 October 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Greece - Syrian Arab Republic

Saidoun c. Grèce

28 October 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Naturalization - Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Greece - Lebanon

Santos Couto c. Portugal

28 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Right to family life | Countries: Portugal

Bousarra c. France

23 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Jurisdiction - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life | Countries: France - Morocco

Gas and Dubois v. France

31 August 2010 | 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): Adoption - Decision on admissibility - Right to family life | Countries: France

Agraw c. Suisse

29 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland

Mengesha Kimfe c. Suisse

29 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland

P.B. and J.S. v. Austria

22 July 2010 | 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): Right to family life | Countries: Austria - Hungary

Neulinger and Shuruk v. Switzerland

6 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Israel - Switzerland

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