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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1950 | CETS 005 | ||||||
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. A single judge may declare inadmissible or strike out of the Court’s list of cases an application submitted under Article 34, where such a decision can be taken without further examination. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. To consider cases brought before it, the Court shall sit in a single-judge formation, 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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, 46 and 47. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. At any stage of the proceedings, the Court may 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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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. The High Contracting Parties undertake to abide by the final judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. The judgment of the Grand Chamber shall be final. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. Reasons shall be given for advisory opinions of the Court. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. If no decision is taken under Article 27 or 28, or no judgment rendered under Article 28, a Chamber shall decide on the admissibility and merits of individual applications submitted under Article 34. The decision on admissibility may be taken separately. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. Reasons shall be given for judgments as well as for decisions declaring applications admissible or inadmissible. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. The Court shall have a registry, the functions and organisation of which shall be laid down in the rules of the Court. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. Hearings shall be in public unless the Court in exceptional circumstances decides otherwise. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. The judges shall be elected for a period of nine years. They may not be re-elected. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Council of Europe | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 1. 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. |
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