European Court of Human Rights

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international court judicial body of the Council of Europe regional human rights court

The European Court of Human Rights is an international judicial body that oversees and enforces the European Convention on Human Rights for member states of the Council of Europe.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
European Court of Human Rights canonical 52
ECHR 2
Cour européenne des droits de l’homme 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international court ⓘ
judicial body of the Council of Europe ⓘ
regional human rights court ⓘ
abbreviation European Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ECHR
allows individual applications from persons, NGOs and groups of individuals ⓘ
inter-state applications between member states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: ECHR
bindingOn states that have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1959 ⓘ
canAward just satisfaction ⓘ
canIssue binding judgments ⓘ
composition judges elected in respect of each member state ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
electionOfJudgesBy Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
enteredFullTimeOperation 1998 ⓘ
established 1959 ⓘ
foundedBy Council of Europe ⓘ
hasChamber Grand Chamber of seventeen judges ⓘ
chambers of seven judges ⓘ
committees of three judges ⓘ
single-judge formations ⓘ
hasPresident President of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
headquarters Strasbourg ⓘ
surface form: Strasbourg, France
hearsCasesOn alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
jurisdiction individual applications ⓘ
inter-state applications ⓘ
member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
locatedIn Alsace ⓘ
France ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Palais de l’Europe ⓘ
surface form: Human Rights Building, Strasbourg
monitors compliance of member states with the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
numberOfJudges one judge from each member state of the Council of Europe ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
oversees respect for civil and political rights in member states ⓘ
parentOrganization Council of Europe ⓘ
predecessor European Commission of Human Rights ⓘ
reformedBy Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
regionServed Europe ⓘ
supervises implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied international human rights law ⓘ
website https://www.echr.coe.int ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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

Europe → hasSupranationalInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe → hostsInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Strasbourg
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → appealTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Court of Human Rights (on human rights issues, not as a domestic appeal)
Council of Europe → hasOrgan → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Court of Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECHR
European Court of Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
European Court of Human Rights → abbreviation → European Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECHR
Strasbourg → hostsInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Secretary General of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg) → locatedNear → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) → near → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Bas-Rhin → hasEuropeanInstitutionInCapital → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Grand Est → hasEuropeanInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Dutch courts → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Palais de l’Europe → nearby → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Convention on Human Rights → establishedCourt → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Convention on Human Rights → monitoringBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Cassin → memberOf → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: René Cassin
Welfare Party → banConfirmedBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights → relatesTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Secretariat of the Council of Europe → hasPart → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Court of Human Rights Registry (as servicing body)
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → appliesTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
CoE → hasOrgan → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
CoE → judicialBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
European Commission of Human Rights → replacedBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Strasbourg tramway → servesInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Council of Europe treaty monitoring system → implementedBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → hasOrgan → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → judicialBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
Place de l’Europe → associatedWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Place de l’Europe (Strasbourg)
European Quarter of Strasbourg → hostsInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 → challengedIn → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights → monitoringBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights → monitoringBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights → monitoredBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights → monitoredBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
President of the European Court of Human Rights → partOf → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
President of the European Court of Human Rights → reportsTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: plenary Court of the European Court of Human Rights
Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → relatesTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → decisionBody → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
French judiciary → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights → subjectToInterpretationBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights → guardianInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights → guardianInstitution → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Olof Palme Memorial Fund → hasAwardedTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Spanish courts → allowsAppealTo → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Belgian courts → cooperatesWith → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
CIA black sites → criticizedBy → European Court of Human Rights ⓘ