- The governments signatory hereto, being members
of the Council of Europe, Considering the Universal
Declaration of Human
- Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of
the United Nations on 10th December 1948;
- Considering that this Declaration aims at securing
the universal and effective recognition and observance
of the Rights therein declared;
- Considering that the aim of the Council of
Europe is the achievement of greater unity between
its members and that one of the methods by which
that aim is to be pursued is the maintenance and
further realisation of human rights and fundamental
freedoms;
- Reaffirming their profound belief in those
fundamental freedoms which are the foundation
of justice and peace in the world and are best
maintained on the one hand by an effective political
democracy and on the other by a common understanding
and
- observance of the human rights upon which they
depend;
- Being resolved, as the governments of European
countries which are likeminded and have a common
heritage of political traditions, ideals, freedom
and the rule of law, to take the first steps for
the collective enforcement of certain of the rights
stated in the Universal Declaration,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 11 - Obligation
to respect human rights
The High Contracting
Parties shall secure to everyone within their jurisdiction
the rights and freedoms defined in Section I of
this Convention.
Section I1 - Rights
and freedoms
Article 21 -
Right to life
- Everyone's right to life shall be protected
by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally
save in the execution of a sentence of a court
following his conviction of a crime for which
this penalty is provided by law.
- Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as
inflicted in contravention of this article when
it results from the use of force which is no more
than absolutely necessary:
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in defence of
any person from unlawful violence; |
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in order to effect
a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of
a person lawfully detained; |
c |
in action lawfully
taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or
insurrection.
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Article 32 - Prohibition
of torture
No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 41 - Prohibition
of slavery and forced labour
- No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
- No one shall be required to perform forced
or compulsory labour.
- For the purpose of this article the term "forced
or compulsory labour" shall not include:
a |
any work required
to be done in the ordinary course of detention
imposed according to the provisions of Article
5 of this Convention or during conditional
release from such detention; |
b |
any service of
a military character or, in case of conscientious
objectors in countries where they are recognised,
service exacted instead of compulsory military
service; |
c |
any service exacted
in case of an emergency or calamity threatening
the life or wellbeing of the community;
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any work or service
which forms part of normal civic obligations.
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Article 51 - Right
to liberty and security
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Everyone has the
right to liberty and security of person. No
one shall be deprived of his liberty save in
the following cases and in accordance with a
procedure prescribed by law: |
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Everyone who is arrested
shall be informed promptly, in a language which
he understands, of the reasons for his arrest
and of any charge against him. |
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the lawful
detention of a person after conviction
by a competent court; |
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the lawful
arrest or detention of a person for
noncompliance with the lawful order
of a court or in order to secure the
fulfilment of any obligation prescribed
by law; |
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the lawful
arrest or detention of a person effected
for the purpose of bringing him before
the competent legal authority on reasonable
suspicion of having committed an offence
or when it is reasonably considered
necessary to prevent his committing
an offence or fleeing after having done
so; |
d |
the detention
of a minor by lawful order for the purpose
of educational supervision or his lawful
detention for the purpose of bringing
him before the competent legal authority;
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the lawful
detention of persons for the prevention
of the spreading of infectious diseases,
of persons of unsound mind, alcoholics
or drug addicts or vagrants; |
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the lawful
arrest or detention of a person to prevent
his effecting an unauthorised entry
into the country or of a person against
whom action is being taken with a view
to deportation or extradition. |
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Everyone arrested
or detained in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph 1.c of this article shall be brought
promptly before a judge or other officer authorised
by law to exercise judicial power and shall
be entitled to trial within a reasonable time
or to release pending trial. Release may be
conditioned by guarantees to appear for trial.
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Everyone who is deprived
of his liberty by arrest or detention shall
be entitled to take proceedings by which the
lawfulness of his detention shall be decided
speedily by a court and his release ordered
if the detention is not lawful. |
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Everyone who has
been the victim of arrest or detention in contravention
of the provisions of this article shall have
an enforceable right to compensation. |
Article 63 - Right
to a fair trial
- In the determination of his civil rights and
obligations or of any criminal charge against
him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public
hearing within a reasonable time by an independent
and impartial tribunal established by law. Judgment
shall be pronounced publicly but the press and
public may be excluded from all or part of the
trial in the interests of morals, public order
or national security in a democratic society,
where the interests of juveniles or the protection
of the private life of the parties so require,
or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion
of the court in special circumstances where publicity
would prejudice the interests of justice.
- Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall
be presumed innocent until proved guilty according
to law.
- Everyone charged with a criminal offence has
the following minimum rights:
a |
to be informed
promptly, in a language which he understands
and in detail, of the nature and cause of
the accusation against him; |
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to have adequate
time and facilities for the preparation of
his defence; |
c |
to defend himself
in person or through legal assistance of his
own choosing or, if he has not sufficient
means to pay for legal assistance, to be given
it free when the interests of justice so require;
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to examine or
have examined witnesses against him and to
obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses
on his behalf under the same conditions as
witnesses against him; |
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to have the
free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot
understand or speak the language used in court.
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Article 74 - No punishment
without law
- No one shall be held guilty of any criminal
offence on account of any act or omission which
did not constitute a criminal offence under national
or international law at the time when it was committed.
Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the
one that was applicable at the time the criminal
offence was committed.
- This article shall not prejudice the trial
and punishment of any person for any act or omission
which, at the time when it was committed, was
criminal according to the general principles of
law recognised by civilised nations.
Article 81 - Right
to respect for private and family life
- Everyone has the right to respect for his private
and family life, his home and his correspondence.
- There shall be no interference by a public
authority with the exercise of this right except
such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary
in a democratic society in the interests of national
security, public safety or the economic wellbeing
of the country, for the prevention of disorder
or crime, for the protection of health or morals,
or for the protection of the rights and freedoms
of others.
Article 91 - Freedom
of thought, conscience and religion
- Everyone has the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion; this right includes freedom
to change his religion or belief and freedom,
either alone or in community with others and in
public or private, to manifest his religion or
belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
- Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs
shall be subject only to such limitations as are
prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic
society in the interests of public safety, for
the protection of public order, health or morals,
or for the protection of the rights and freedoms
of others.
Article 101 - Freedom
of expression
- Everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
This right shall include freedom to hold opinions
and to receive and impart information and ideas
without interference by public authority and regardless
of frontiers. This article shall not prevent States
from requiring the licensing of broadcasting,
television or cinema enterprises.
- The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries
with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject
to such formalities, conditions, restrictions
or penalties as are prescribed by law and are
necessary in a democratic society, in the interests
of national security, territorial integrity or
public safety, for the prevention of disorder
or crime, for the protection of health or morals,
for the protection of the reputation or rights
of others, for preventing the disclosure of information
received in confidence, or for maintaining the
authority and impartiality of the judiciary.
Article 115 - Freedom
of assembly and association
- Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful
assembly and to freedom of association with others,
including the right to form and to join trade
unions for the protection of his interests.
- No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise
of these rights other than such as are prescribed
by law and are necessary in a democratic society
in the interests of national security or public
safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime,
for the protection of health or morals or for
the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
This article shall not prevent the imposition
of lawful restrictions on the exercise of these
rights by members of the armed forces, of the
police or of the administration of the State.
Article 121 - Right
to marry
Men and women of marriageable
age have the right to marry and to found a family,
according to the national laws governing the exercise
of this right.
Article 131 - Right
to an effective remedy
Everyone whose rights
and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are
violated shall have an effective remedy before a
national authority notwithstanding that the violation
has been committed by persons acting in an official
capacity.
Article 141 - Prohibition
of discrimination
The enjoyment of the
rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention
shall be secured without discrimination on any ground
such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political
or other opinion, national or social origin, association
with a national minority, property, birth or other
status.
Article 151 - Derogation
in time of emergency
- In time of war or other public emergency threatening
the life of the nation any High Contracting Party
may take measures derogating from its obligations
under this Convention to the extent strictly required
by the exigencies of the situation, provided that
such measures are not inconsistent with its other
obligations under international law.
- No derogation from Article 2, except in respect
of deaths resulting from lawful acts of war, or
from Articles 3, 4 (paragraph 1) and 7 shall be
made under this provision.
- Any High Contracting Party availing itself
of this right of derogation shall keep the Secretary
General of the Council of Europe fully informed
of the measures which it has taken and the reasons
therefor. It shall also inform the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe when such measures have
ceased to operate and the provisions of the Convention
are again being fully executed.
Article 161 - Restrictions
on political activity of aliens
Nothing in Articles 10,
11 and 14 shall be regarded as preventing the High
Contracting Parties from imposing restrictions on
the political activity of aliens.
Article 176 - Prohibition
of abuse of rights
Nothing in this Convention
may be interpreted as implying for any State, group
or person any right to engage in any activity or
perform any act aimed at the destruction of any
of the rights and freedoms set forth herein or at
their limitation to a greater extent than is provided
for in the Convention.
Article 181 - Limitation
on use of restrictions on rights
The restrictions permitted
under this Convention to the said rights and freedoms
shall not be applied for any purpose other than
those for which they have been prescribed
Section II7 - European
Court of Human Rights
Article 19 - Establishment of
the Court
To ensure the observance
of the engagements undertaken by the High Contracting
Parties in the Convention and the Protocols thereto,
there shall be set up a European Court of Human
Rights, hereinafter referred to as "the Court".
It shall function on a permanent basis.
Article 20 - Number of judges
The Court shall consist
of a number of judges equal to that of the High
Contracting Parties.
Article 21 - Criteria for office
- The judges shall
be of high moral character and must either possess
the qualifications required for appointment to
high judicial office or be jurisconsults of recognised
competence.
- The judges shall sit on the Court in their
individual capacity.
- During their term of office the judges shall
not engage in any activity which is incompatible
with their independence, impartiality or with
the demands of a full-time office; all questions
arising from the application of this paragraph
shall be decided by the Court.
Article 22 - Election of judges
- The judges shall be elected by the Parliamentary
Assembly with respect to each High Contracting
Party by a majority of votes cast from a list
of three candidates nominated by the High Contracting
Party.
- The same procedure shall be followed to complete
the Court in the event of the accession of new
High Contracting Parties and in filling casual
vacancies.
Article 23 - Terms of office
- The judges shall be elected for a period of
six years. They may be re-elected. However, the
terms of office of one-half of the judges elected
at the first election shall expire at the end
of three years.
- The judges whose terms of office are to expire
at the end of the initial period of three years
shall be chosen by lot by the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe immediately after their
election.
- In order to ensure that, as far as possible,
the terms of office of one-half of the judges
are renewed every three years, the Parliamentary
Assembly may decide, before proceeding to any
subsequent election, that the term or terms of
office of one or more judges to be elected shall
be for a period other than six years but not more
than nine and not less than three years.
- In cases where more than one term of office
is involved and where the Parliamentary Assembly
applies the preceding paragraph, the allocation
of the terms of office shall be effected by a
drawing of lots by the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe immediately after the election.
- A judge elected to replace a judge whose term
of office has not expired shall hold office for
the remainder of his predecessor's term.
- The terms of office of judges shall expire
when they reach the age of 70.
- The judges shall hold office until replaced.
They shall, however, continue to deal with such
cases as they already have under consideration.
Article 24 - Dismissal
No judge may be dismissed
from his office unless the other judges decide by
a majority of two-thirds that he has ceased to fulfil
the required conditions.
Article 25 - Registry and legal
secretaries
The Court shall have
a registry, the functions and organisation of which
shall be laid down in the rules of the Court. The
Court shall be assisted by legal secretaries.
Article 26 - Plenary Court
The plenary Court shall
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elect its President
and one or two Vice-Presidents for a period
of three years; they may be re-elected; |
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set up Chambers,
constituted for a fixed period of time; |
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elect the Presidents
of the Chambers of the Court; they may be
re-elected; |
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adopt the rules
of the Court, and |
e |
elect the Registrar
and one or more Deputy Registrars.
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27 - Committees, Chambers and Grand Chamber
- To consider cases brought before it, the Court
shall sit in committees of three judges, in Chambers
of seven judges and in a Grand Chamber of seventeen
judges. The Court's Chambers shall set up committees
for a fixed period of time.
- There shall sit as an ex officio member of
the Chamber and the Grand Chamber the judge elected
in respect of the State Party concerned or, if
there is none or if he is unable to sit, a person
of its choice who shall sit in the capacity of
judge.
- The Grand Chamber shall also include the President
of the Court, the Vice-Presidents, the Presidents
of the Chambers and other judges chosen in accordance
with the rules of the Court. When a case is referred
to the Grand Chamber under Article 43, no judge
from the Chamber which rendered the judgment shall
sit in the Grand Chamber, with the exception of
the President of the Chamber and the judge who
sat in respect of the State Party concerned.
Article 28 - Declarations of inadmissibility
by committees
A committee may, by a
unanimous vote, declare inadmissible or strike out
of its list of cases an application submitted under
Article 34 where such a decision can be taken without
further examination. The decision shall be final.
Article 29 - Decisions by Chambers
on admissibility and merits
- If no decision is taken under Article 28, a
Chamber shall decide on the admissibility and
merits of individual applications submitted under
Article 34.
- A Chamber shall decide on the admissibility
and merits of inter-State applications submitted
under Article 33.
- The decision on admissibility shall be taken
separately unless the Court, in exceptional cases,
decides otherwise.
Article 30 - Relinquishment of
jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber
Where a case pending
before a Chamber raises a serious question affecting
the interpretation of the Convention or the protocols
thereto, or where the resolution of a question before
the Chamber might have a result inconsistent with
a judgment previously delivered by the Court, the
Chamber may, at any time before it has rendered
its judgment, relinquish jurisdiction in favour
of the Grand Chamber, unless one of the parties
to the case objects.
Article 31 - Powers of the Grand
Chamber
The Grand Chamber shall
- a determine applications submitted either under
Article 33 or Article 34 when a Chamber has relinquished
jurisdiction under Article 30 or when the case
has been referred to it under Article 43; and
- consider requests for advisory opinions submitted
under Article 47.
Article 32 - Jurisdiction of the
Court
- The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend
to all matters concerning the interpretation and
application of the Convention and the protocols
thereto which are referred to it as provided in
Articles 33, 34 and 47.
- In the event of dispute as to whether the Court
has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide.
Article 33 - Inter-State cases
Any High Contracting
Party may refer to the Court any alleged breach
of the provisions of the Convention and the protocols
thereto by another High Contracting Party.
Article 34 - Individual applications
The Court may receive
applications from any person, non-governmental organisation
or group of individuals claiming to be the victim
of a violation by one of the High Contracting Parties
of the rights set forth in the Convention or the
protocols thereto. The High Contracting Parties
undertake not to hinder in any way the effective
exercise of this right.
Article 35 - Admissibility criteria
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The Court may only
deal with the matter after all domestic remedies
have been exhausted, according to the generally
recognised rules of international law, and within
a period of six months from the date on which
the final decision was taken. |
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The Court shall not
deal with any application submitted under Article
34 that |
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is anonymous;
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b |
is substantially
the same as a matter that has already
been examined by the Court or has already
been submitted to another procedure
of international investigation or settlement
and contains no relevant new information.
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The Court shall declare
inadmissible any individual application submitted
under Article 34 which it considers incompatible
with the provisions of the Convention or the
protocols thereto, manifestly ill-founded, or
an abuse of the right of application. |
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EThe Court shall
reject any application which it considers inadmissible
under this Article. It may do so at any stage
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Article 36 - Third party intervention
- In all cases before a Chamber or the Grand
Chamber, a High Contracting Party one of whose
nationals is an applicant shall have the right
to submit written comments and to take part in
hearings.
- The President of the Court may, in the interest
of the proper administration of justice, invite
any High Contracting Party which is not a party
to the proceedings or any person concerned who
is not the applicant to submit written comments
or take part in hearings.
Article 37 - Striking out applications
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The Court may at
any stage of the proceedings decide to strike
an application out of its list of cases where
the circumstances lead to the conclusion that
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the applicant
does not intend to pursue his application;
or |
b |
the matter
has been resolved; or |
c |
for any other reason established by
the Court, it is no longer justified to
continue the examination of the application.
However, the Court shall continue the
examination of the application if respect
for human rights as defined in the Convention
and the protocols thereto so requires.
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The Court may decide
to restore an application to its list of cases
if it considers that the circumstances justify
such a course. |
Article 38 - Examination of the
case and friendly settlement proceedings
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If the Court declares
the application admissible, it shall |
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pursue
the examination of the case, together
with the representatives of the parties,
and if need be, undertake an investigation,
for the effective conduct of which the
States concerned shall furnish all necessary
facilities; |
b |
place
itself at the disposal of the parties
concerned with a view to securing a
friendly settlement of the matter on
the basis of respect for human rights
as defined in the Convention and the
protocols thereto. |
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Proceedings conducted
under paragraph 1.b shall be confidential. |
Article 39 - Finding of a friendly
settlement
If a friendly settlement
is effected, the Court shall strike the case out
of its list by means of a decision which shall be
confined to a brief statement of the facts and of
the solution reached.
Article 40 - Public hearings and
access to documents
- Hearings shall be in public unless the Court
in exceptional circumstances decides otherwise.
- Documents deposited with the Registrar shall
be accessible to the public unless the President
of the Court decides otherwise.
Article 41 - Just satisfaction
If the Court finds that
there has been a violation of the Convention or
the protocols thereto, and if the internal law of
the High Contracting Party concerned allows only
partial reparation to be made, the Court shall,
if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured
party.
Article 42 - Judgments of Chambers
Judgments of Chambers
shall become final in accordance with the provisions
of Article 44, paragraph 2.
Article 43 - Referral to the Grand
Chamber
- Within a period of three months from the date
of the judgment of the Chamber, any party to the
case may, in exceptional cases, request that the
case be referred to the Grand Chamber.
- A panel of five judges of the Grand Chamber
shall accept the request if the case raises a
serious question affecting the interpretation
or application of the Convention or the protocols
thereto, or a serious issue of general importance.
- If the panel accepts the request, the Grand
Chamber shall decide the case by means of a judgment.
Article 44 - Final judgments
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The judgment of the
Grand Chamber shall be final. |
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The judgment of a
Chamber shall become final |
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when the
parties declare that they will not request
that the case be referred to the Grand
Chamber; or |
b |
three
months after the date of the judgment,
if reference of the case to the Grand
Chamber has not been requested; or |
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when the panel
of the Grand Chamber rejects the request
to refer under Article 43. |
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The final judgment
shall be published. |
Article 45 - Reasons for judgments
and decisions
- Reasons shall be given for judgments as well
as for decisions declaring applications admissible
or inadmissible.
- If a judgment does not represent, in whole
or in part, the unanimous opinion of the judges,
any judge shall be entitled to deliver a separate
opinion.
Article 46 - Binding force and
execution of judgments
- The High Contracting Parties undertake to abide
by the final judgment of the Court in any case
to which they are parties.
- The final judgment of the Court shall be transmitted
to the Committee of Ministers, which shall supervise
its execution.
Article 47 - Advisory opinions
- The Court may, at the request of the Committee
of Ministers, give advisory opinions on legal
questions concerning the interpretation of the
Convention and the protocols thereto.
- Such opinions shall not deal with any question
relating to the content or scope of the rights
or freedoms defined in Section I of the Convention
and the protocols thereto, or with any other question
which the Court or the Committee of Ministers
might have to consider in consequence of any such
proceedings as could be instituted in accordance
with the Convention.
- Decisions of the Committee of Ministers to
request an advisory opinion of the Court shall
require a majority vote of the representatives
entitled to sit on the Committee.
Article 48 - Advisory jurisdiction
of the Court
The Court shall decide
whether a request for an advisory opinion submitted
by the Committee of Ministers is within its competence
as defined in Article 47.
Article 49 - Reasons for advisory
opinions
- Reasons shall be given for advisory opinions
of the Court.
- If the advisory opinion does not represent,
in whole or in part, the unanimous opinion of
the judges, any judge shall be entitled to deliver
a separate opinion.
- Advisory opinions of the Court shall be communicated
to the Committee of Ministers.
Article 50 - Expenditure on the
Court
The expenditure on the
Court shall be borne by the Council of Europe.
Article 51 - Privileges and immunities
of judges
The judges shall be entitled,
during the exercise of their functions, to the privileges
and immunities provided for in Article 40 of the
Statute of the Council of Europe and in the agreements
made thereunder.
Section III8,9 - Miscellaneous
provisions
Article 521 - Inquiries
by the Secretary General
On receipt of a request
from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
any High Contracting Party shall furnish an explanation
of the manner in which its internal law ensures
the effective implementation of any of the provisions
of the Convention.
Article 531 - Safeguard
for existing human rights
Nothing in this Convention
shall be construed as limiting or derogating from
any of the human rights and fundamental freedoms
which may be ensured under the laws of any High
Contracting Party or under any other agreement to
which it is a Party.
Article 541 - Powers
of the Committee of Ministers
Nothing in this Convention
shall prejudice the powers conferred on the Committee
of Ministers by the Statute of the Council of Europe.
Article 551 - Exclusion
of other means of dispute settlement
The High Contracting
Parties agree that, except by special agreement,
they will not avail themselves of treaties, conventions
or declarations in force between them for the purpose
of submitting, by way of petition, a dispute arising
out of the interpretation or application of this
Convention to a means of settlement other than those
provided for in this Convention.
Article 5610
- Territorial application
- 11 Any State may at the time of its
ratification or at any time thereafter declare
by notification addressed to the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe that the present Convention
shall, subject to paragraph 4 of this Article,
extend to all or any of the territories for whose
international relations it is responsible.
- The Convention shall extend to the territory
or territories named in the notification as from
the thirtieth day after the receipt of this notification
by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
- The provisions of this Convention shall be
applied in such territories with due regard, however,
to local requirements.
- 2 Any State which has made a declaration
in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article
may at any time thereafter declare on behalf of
one or more of the territories to which the declaration
relates that it accepts the competence of the
Court to receive applications from individuals,
non-governmental organisations or groups of individuals
as provided by Article 34 of the Convention.
Article 571 - Reservations
- Any State may, when signing this Convention
or when depositing its instrument of ratification,
make a reservation in respect of any particular
provision of the Convention to the extent that
any law then in force in its territory is not
in conformity with the provision. Reservations
of a general character shall not be permitted
under this article.
- Any reservation made under this article shall
contain a brief statement of the law concerned.
Article 581 - Denunciation
- A High Contracting Party may denounce the present
Convention only after the expiry of five years
from the date on which it became a party to it
and after six months' notice contained in a notification
addressed to the Secretary General of the Council
of Europe, who shall inform the other High Contracting
Parties.
- Such a denunciation shall not have the effect
of releasing the High Contracting Party concerned
from its obligations under this Convention in
respect of any act which, being capable of constituting
a violation of such obligations, may have been
performed by it before the date at which the denunciation
became effective.
- Any High Contracting Party which shall cease
to be a member of the Council of Europe shall
cease to be a Party to this Convention under the
same conditions.
- 12 The Convention may be denounced
in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
paragraphs in respect of any territory to which
it has been declared to extend under the terms
of Article 56.
Article 5913 - Signature
and ratification
- This Convention shall be open to the signature
of the members of the Council of Europe. It shall
be ratified. Ratifications shall be deposited
with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
- The present Convention shall come into force
after the deposit of ten instruments of ratification.
- As regards any signatory ratifying subsequently,
the Convention shall come into force at the date
of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe
shall notify all the members of the Council of
Europe of the entry into force of the Convention,
the names of the High Contracting Parties who
have ratified it, and the deposit of all instruments
of ratification which may be effected subsequently.
Done at Rome this 4th
day of November 1950, in English and French, both
texts being equally authentic, in a single copy
which shall remain deposited in the archives of
the Council of Europe. The Secretary General shall
transmit certified copies to each of the signatories.
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