The European Court of Human Rights

Ute Trojer15.12.2016

The Human Rights Building

Designed by Lord Richard Rogers

Must not be confused with• Court of Justice of the European Union

• International Court of Justice

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Charter of Fundamental Rights

The European Court of Human Rights• Set up in 1959

• European Convention on Human Rights

• Full-time court since 1998

• The European Court of Human Rights

President of the European Court

Guido Raimondi, Italy

The Grand Chamber

The Convention on Human Rights• Signature in Rome on 4th November 1950

• Came into force in 1953

• ConventionSignature in Rome

The Convention on Human RightsWhich rights do you remember?

Simplified Convention

Diamond Ranking• Activity is based on Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Look at the cards in a “diamond nine” shape with the most important at the top and the least important at the bottom.

12 2

4 4 47 7

9Diamond Ranking

The Convention on Human Rights• Asylum is not written as a right in the convention!

• Refugees can bring charges against a violation of Articles of the Convention

• EU Dublin Regulation (except Greece)

Examples for judgments• ECtHR's judgment in the case "Akinnibosun v. Italy"

Strasbourg, 16 July 2015 • ECtHR's judgment in the case "Khan v. Germany"

Strasbourg, 23 April 2015 • ECtHR's judgment in the case "Senchishak v. Finland"

Strasbourg, 18 November 2014 • ECtHR's judgment in the case "I.K. v. Austria"

Strasbourg, 28 March 2013

Handbook on European law relating to asylum• ECHR and FRA

• Vienna & Strasbourg, 25th June 2014

• In more than 20 languages

The European Court of Human Rights• has to deal with different subjects than 50 years ago

• New problems