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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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Guide on the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights - Immigration

30 April 2022 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights - Prohibition of collective expulsions of aliens

30 April 2022 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 3 of Protocol No. 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Prohibition of expulsion of nationals

31 January 2021 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide_Art_3_Protocol_1_ENG

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Freedom of Assembly and Association

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Right to Marry

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights - Prohibition of collective expulsions of aliens

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Right to an Effective Remedy

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention - Prohibition of Discrimination

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Guide on Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Obligation to Respect Human Rights - Concepts of "Jurisdiction" and Imputability

31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

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