Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights

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additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights international treaty

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional instrument that allows the highest courts of participating member states to request advisory opinions from the European Court of Human Rights on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms	1
Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR	1
Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
aimsTo	promote consistent interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ reduce the number of repetitive cases before the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
allows	designated highest courts to submit questions of principle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
appliesTo	highest courts of participating member states ⓘ
articleCount	10 ⓘ plus final provisions ⓘ
authorizes	European Court of Human Rights to give advisory opinions ⓘ
belongsTo	Council of Europe treaty series ⓘ
bindingForce	advisory opinions are not legally binding on requesting courts ⓘ
citationForm	Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR
decisionBody	European Court of Human Rights ⓘ surface form: Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
draftedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
enables	advisory opinions by the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	2018-08-01 ⓘ
governs	procedure for requesting advisory opinions from the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	highest national courts to request advisory opinions ⓘ
inspiredBy	preliminary ruling procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union (in functional terms) ⓘ
jurisdiction	member states of the Council of Europe that have ratified the protocol ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalNature	optional protocol ⓘ
legalSystem	Council of Europe ⓘ
mechanism	preliminary advisory dialogue between national courts and the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt	Strasbourg ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	2013-10-02 ⓘ
partOf	European Convention on Human Rights system ⓘ
providesFor	non-binding advisory opinions ⓘ
purpose	to enhance interaction between the European Court of Human Rights and national courts ⓘ to strengthen the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatesTo	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
requires	a minimum number of ratifications to enter into force ⓘ ratification by member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
scope	questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention or its protocols ⓘ
signaturePlace	Strasbourg ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subject	application of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
targetAudience	highest courts and tribunals of ratifying states ⓘ
typeOfProvision	procedural mechanism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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European Convention on Human Rights → hasProtocol → Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → citationForm → Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR