Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights

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Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights human rights treaty international treaty

Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights is a major reform instrument that fundamentally restructured the European Court of Human Rights, creating a single, permanent court with compulsory jurisdiction and direct individual access.

Aliases (1)

Protocol 11 to the ECHR ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights → human rights treaty → international treaty →
adoptedBy	Council of Europe →
aimsTo	improve efficiency of human rights protection in Europe → streamline the Convention enforcement system →
alsoKnownAs	Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights → surface form: "Protocol 11 to the ECHR" Protocol No. 11 →
appliesTo	member states of the Council of Europe that are parties to the European Convention on Human Rights →
category	Council of Europe treaty → European human rights law →
concerns	enforcement of human rights obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights →
effect	creation of a single permanent European Court of Human Rights → fundamental restructuring of the European Court of Human Rights → introduction of compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights for all contracting states → introduction of direct individual access to the European Court of Human Rights →
focusesOn	access of individuals to international justice → efficiency of case handling by the European Court of Human Rights → simplification of the control mechanism under the European Convention on Human Rights →
governs	procedures for bringing cases before the European Court of Human Rights →
hasConsequence	abolition of the two-tier system of Commission and Court → enhanced role for individual applicants in the Convention system → establishment of a full-time court →
influencedBy	growing case-load of the European Court of Human Rights → need for more effective protection of human rights in Europe →
isPartOfReformWave	reforms of the European Convention on Human Rights control mechanism in the 1990s →
language	English → French →
legalField	European public law → human rights law →
legalStatus	binding on states that have ratified it →
legalSystem	public international law →
modified	procedures of the European Court of Human Rights → structure of the European Court of Human Rights →
numberInSeries	11 →
partOf	European Convention on Human Rights system →
purpose	reform of the control machinery of the European Convention on Human Rights →
region	Europe →
relatesTo	European Court of Human Rights →
replaced	European Commission of Human Rights →
subjectMatter	jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights → procedural reforms of the European Convention on Human Rights system → right of individual petition →
typeOfReform	institutional reform → procedural reform →

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

Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights →

this entity surface form: "Protocol 11 to the ECHR"

European Court of Human Rights → reformedBy → Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights →