All the admissibility criteria for bringing an application to the European Court of. Human Rights must be fulfilled before an application can be entertained.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. There are detailed rules on how to fill in the official application form, and a sixmonth deadline for sending it. The European Court of Human Rights (the "ECtHR" or "the Court") is an international court based in Strasbourg in France. The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to enforce states' obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Download the ECHR appeal form and read all the useful information for filling it out. Only the official facsimile can be used. 6.1 Introduction. 87.