This is a multi-state form covering the subject matter of the title.
This is a multi-state form covering the subject matter of the title.
The ECtHR was set up in 1959, it is based in Strasbourg. 2. It hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its protocols.
Who can bring a case to the Court? The Convention makes a distinction between two types of application: individual applications lodged by any person, group of individuals, company or NGO having a complaint about a violation of their rights, and inter-State applications brought by one State against another.
The applicant must be, personally and directly, a victim of a violation of the Convention, and must have suffered a significant disadvantage.
The application form may be downloaded from the Court's website at .echre.int/applicants. A file will be opened and correspondence and documents stored by the Court only where a complete application form with supporting documents has been received.
The application form is available on the Court's Internet site. Download it and fill in every part of the form, without exception, and send it to the Court, together with copies of all the relevant documents – not the originals, as they will not be returned to you at the end of the proceedings.
The Court is based in Strasbourg, in the Human Rights Building designed by the British architect Lord Richard Rogers in 1994 – a building whose image is known worldwide.
The Court has also given rulings on various social issues such as abortion, assisted suicide, body searches, domestic slavery, adoption by homosexuals, wearing religious symbols at school, the recognition of transsexuals, the protection of journalists' sources and even environmental issues.
To apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), you need to lodge an application directly to the Court in France. This page includes: Admissibility criteria for a human rights application: Application instructions and forms.
The application form is available on the Court's Internet site. Download it and fill in every part of the form, without exception, and send it to the Court, together with copies of all the relevant documents – not the originals, as they will not be returned to you at the end of the proceedings.
The ECtHR was set up in 1959, it is based in Strasbourg. 2. It hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its protocols.