Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 November 5). Protocols, etc. (2004 May 13)

Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending the control system of the Convention = Protocole no 14 à la Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales, amendant le système de contrôle de la Convention.

Strasbourg : Council of Europe Pub., 2004.

7, 7 pages ; 30 cm.

For a more effective operation of the European Court of Human Rights, this Protocol makes the following main changes to the Convention: Clearly inadmissible cases: inadmissibility decisions in these cases will be taken by a single judge, assisted by non-judicial reporters; Repetitive cases: where the case is one of a series deriving from the same structural defect at national level, the proposal is that it may be declared admissible and decided by a committee of three judges under a simplified summary procedure; New admissibility criterion: with a view to allowing the Court a greater degree of flexibility, a new admissibility condition is foreseen (in addition to existing conditions such as exhaustion of domestic remedies, six-month time-limit). Other measures in the Protocol include changing the judges' term of office from the present six year renewable term to a single, nine year term and a provision in view of possible accession by the European Union to the Convention.--Publisher's description.

Protocole no 14 à la Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales, amendant le système de contrôle de la Convention.

English; French

February 21, 2024

Council of Europe, issuing body.