European Convention on Human Rights

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Council of Europe treaty international human rights treaty regional human rights instrument

The European Convention on Human Rights is a landmark international treaty of the Council of Europe that protects fundamental civil and political rights and established the European Court of Human Rights to enforce them.

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Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe treaty → international human rights treaty → regional human rights instrument →
adoptedBy	Council of Europe →
allowsIndividualPetitions	true →
appliesTo	Council of Europe member states →
draftedBy	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → surface form: "Council of Europe Committee of Ministers" Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe → surface form: "Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly"
enforcementMechanism	binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights →
enteredIntoForce	1953-09-03 →
establishedCourt	European Court of Human Rights →
hasArticle	Article 10 → Article 14 → Article 2 → Article 3 → Article 6 → Article 8 →
hasProtocol	Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights → Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights →
headquartersOfCourt	Strasbourg →
inspiredBy	Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
language	English → French →
legalArea	human rights law → public international law →
monitoringBody	European Court of Human Rights →
placeSigned	Rome →
protectsRight	freedom of assembly and association → freedom of expression → freedom of thought, conscience and religion → no punishment without law → prohibition of discrimination → prohibition of slavery and forced labour → prohibition of torture → right to a fair trial → right to an effective remedy → right to liberty and security → right to life → right to marry → right to respect for private and family life →
region	Europe →
shortName	European Convention on Human Rights → surface form: "Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" European Convention on Human Rights → surface form: "ECHR"
signed	1950-11-04 →
subjectTo	interpretation by the European Court of Human Rights →
typeOfObligation	legally binding on ratifying states →

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Commission of Human Rights → appliesLaw → European Convention on Human Rights →

European Commission of Human Rights → basedOn → European Convention on Human Rights →

European Social Charter → basedOn → European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "European Convention on Human Rights (complementary)"

Human Rights Act 1998 → basedOn → European Convention on Human Rights →

Council of Europe member states → follows → European Convention on Human Rights →

Council of Europe → hasInstrument → European Convention on Human Rights →

European integration → hasKeyFramework → European Convention on Human Rights →

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "European Convention on Human Rights 1950"

English law → hasSource → European Convention on Human Rights →

CoE → hasTreaty → European Convention on Human Rights →

subject surface form: "Council of Europe"

French public law → influencedBy → European Convention on Human Rights →

American Convention on Human Rights → inspiredBy → European Convention on Human Rights →

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → keyDocument → European Convention on Human Rights →

subject surface form: "Council of Europe"

European Court of Human Rights → legalBasis → European Convention on Human Rights →

Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → modifies → European Convention on Human Rights →

Council of Europe treaty monitoring system → monitors → European Convention on Human Rights →

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → mustComplyWith → European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "European Convention on Human Rights (as incorporated by the Human Rights Act 1998)"

Acts of the Scottish Parliament → mustComplyWith → European Convention on Human Rights →

Military Judicial System of Portugal → mustComplyWith → European Convention on Human Rights →

René Cassin → notableWork → European Convention on Human Rights →

Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → partOf → European Convention on Human Rights →

FCNM → relatedInstrument → European Convention on Human Rights →

Statute of the Council of Europe → relatedInstrument → European Convention on Human Rights →

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → relatedTo → European Convention on Human Rights →

European Convention on Human Rights → shortName → European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "ECHR"

European Convention on Human Rights → shortName → European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms"

Court of Appeal of Versailles → subjectTo → European Convention on Human Rights →

Dutch courts → subjectTo → European Convention on Human Rights →