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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe treaty
amending protocol
adoptedBy Council of Europe
adoptionDate 2004-05-13
aimsTo allow the Court to focus on serious and systemic human rights violations
reduce the backlog of applications before the European Court of Human Rights
alsoKnownAs Protocol 14 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
appliesTo European Court of Human Rights
belongsToRegime European human rights protection system
enteredIntoForceCondition ratification by all States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights
enteredIntoForceOn 2010-06-01
grantsPowerTo Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
introduced infringement procedure for non-compliance with a judgment of the Court
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
language English
French
lastRequiredRatificationBy Russian Federation
legalStatus in force
modifies European Convention on Human Rights
procedural rules of the European Court of Human Rights
numberInSequence 14
openedForSignatureOn 2004-05-13
partOf European Convention on Human Rights
purpose to enable the Court to handle a growing caseload more efficiently
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
region Europe
requires ratification by all High Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights
setJudgeTermLength 9 years
signedAt Strasbourg
strengthens role of national authorities in protecting Convention rights
subsidiarity in the Convention system
subjectMatter human rights procedure
reform of international court procedures

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights ("Protocol 14 to the ECHR")
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")
alsoKnownAs
European Convention on Human Rights
hasProtocol
European Court of Human Rights
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