Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights
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Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an amending protocol that streamlined and strengthened the European Court of Human Rights’ procedures to handle its growing caseload more efficiently.
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| instanceOf |
Council of Europe treaty
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amending protocol → |
| adoptedBy |
Council of Europe
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| adoptionDate |
2004-05-13
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| aimsTo |
allow the Court to focus on serious and systemic human rights violations
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reduce the backlog of applications before the European Court of Human Rights → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Protocol 14 to the ECHR
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Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms → |
| appliesTo |
European Court of Human Rights
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| belongsToRegime |
European human rights protection system
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| enteredIntoForceCondition |
ratification by all States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights
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| enteredIntoForceOn |
2010-06-01
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| grantsPowerTo |
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
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| introduced |
infringement procedure for non-compliance with a judgment of the Court
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new admissibility criterion of significant disadvantage → new procedure for dealing with repetitive cases → new rules on friendly settlements → new rules on the term of office of judges of the European Court of Human Rights → possibility for the Committee of Ministers to bring infringement proceedings against a State → possibility for the Court to invite the Committee of Ministers to consider measures → possibility to declare applications inadmissible where the applicant has not suffered a significant disadvantage → possibility to reduce the size of Chambers in certain circumstances → power for a single judge to reject manifestly inadmissible applications → single-judge formation for clearly inadmissible applications → three-judge committees with extended powers to decide on the merits of certain cases → three-judge committees with extended powers to declare applications inadmissible → |
| judgeTermRenewable |
no
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| language |
English
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French → |
| lastRequiredRatificationBy |
Russian Federation
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| legalStatus |
in force
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| modifies |
European Convention on Human Rights
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procedural rules of the European Court of Human Rights → |
| numberInSequence |
14
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| openedForSignatureOn |
2004-05-13
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| partOf |
European Convention on Human Rights
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| purpose |
to enable the Court to handle a growing caseload more efficiently
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to streamline the procedures of the European Court of Human Rights → to strengthen the effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights → |
| raisedJudgeElectionAgeLimitTo |
70 years
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| region |
Europe
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| requires |
ratification by all High Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights
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| setJudgeTermLength |
9 years
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| signedAt |
Strasbourg
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| strengthens |
role of national authorities in protecting Convention rights
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subsidiarity in the Convention system → |
| subjectMatter |
human rights procedure
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reform of international court procedures → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights
("Protocol 14 to the ECHR")
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Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights ("Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms") → |
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European Convention on Human Rights
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European Court of Human Rights
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