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| European Court of Human Rights | |
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| 48°35′48″N 07°46′27″E / 48.59667°N 7.77417°E | |
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| Jurisdiction | 46 member states of the Council of Europe |
| Location | Strasbourg, France |
| Coordinates | 48°35′48″N 07°46′27″E / 48.59667°N 7.77417°E |
| Composition method | Appointed by member states and elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| Authorised by | European Convention on Human Rights |
| Appeals to | Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights |
| Number of positions | 46 judges, one from each of the 46 member states |
| Website | echr.coe.int |
| President | |
| Currently | Marko Bošnjak |
| Since | 2016 (judge), 2024 (President) |
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court,[1] is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the convention or its optional protocols to which a member state is a party. The court is based in Strasbourg, France.
The court was established in 1959 and decided its first case in 1960 in Lawless v. Ireland. An application can be lodged by an individual, a group of individuals, or one or more of the other contracting states. Aside from judgments, the court can also issue advisory opinions. The convention was adopted within the context of the Council of Europe, and all of its 46 member states are contracting parties to the convention. The court's primary means of judicial interpretation is the living instrument doctrine, meaning that the Convention is interpreted in light of present-day conditions.
International law scholars consider the ECtHR to be the most effective international human rights court in the world.[2][3][4][5][6] Nevertheless, the court has faced challenges with verdicts not implemented by the contracting parties.
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- ^ Helfer, L. R. (2008). "Redesigning the European Court of Human Rights: Embeddedness as a Deep Structural Principle of the European Human Rights Regime". European Journal of International Law. 19 (1): 125–159. doi:10.1093/ejil/chn004.
- ^ Emmert, Frank; Carney, Chandler (2017). "The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights vs. The Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - A Comparison". Fordham International Law Journal. 40 (4).
- ^ Goldhaber, Michael (2008). A People's History of the European Court of Human Rights. Rutgers University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-8135-4461-8.