Evropski sud za ljudska prava Strasburg


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Evropski sud za ljudska prava Strasburg
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Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg-Cedex, France

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he European Court of Human Rights, often referred to informally as the "Strasbourg Court", was created to systematise the hearing of human rights complaints from Council of Europe member states.

The court's mission is to enforce the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, ratified in 1953.


The current incarnation of the court was instituted on November 1, 1998, replacing the then existing enforcement mechanisms, which included the European Commission of Human Rights (created in 1954) and the previous, limited Court of Human Rights, which was created in 1959.

The new court was the result of the ratification of Protocol 11, an amendment to the Convention, which was ratified in October 1997. Judges were subsequently elected by the Council of Europe, and the court was opened approximately one year later.

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