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IMPORTANT
Before deciding if you can apply to the European Court of Human Rights
you should carefully read the Convention and the Notes for the Guidance
of Applicants.
If your case complies with the conditions mentioned in these texts, you
should detach and complete the Application Form (central pages)
according to the instructions included in the Notes.
Please note that the Authority Form is only to be sent back if you
already have a lawyer.
Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms
Section I
Rights and freedoms
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right to form and to join trade unions for obligations under this Convention to the
the protection of his interests. extent strictly required by the exigencies
2. No restrictions shall be placed on of the situation, provided that such
the exercise of these rights other than measures are not inconsistent with its
such as are prescribed by law and are other obligations under international
necessary in a democratic society in the law.
interests of national security or public 2. No derogation from Article 2, except
safety, for the prevention of disorder or in respect of deaths resulting from lawful
crime, for the protection of health or acts of war, or from Articles 3, 4 § 1 and
morals or for the protection of the rights 7 shall be made under this provision.
and freedoms of others. This Article shall 3. Any High Contracting Party availing
not prevent the imposition of lawful itself of this right of derogation shall
restrictions on the exercise of these keep the Secretary General of the
rights by members of the armed forces, Council of Europe fully informed of the
of the police or of the administration of measures which it has taken and the
the State. reasons therefor. It shall also inform the
Secretary General of the Council of
Article 12 Europe when such measures have
Right to marry ceased to operate and the provisions of
Men and women of marriageable age the Convention are again being fully
have the right to marry and to found a executed.
family, according to the national laws
governing the exercise of this right. Article 16
Restrictions on political activity of
Article 13 aliens
Right to an effective remedy Nothing in Articles 10, 11 and 14 shall
Everyone whose rights and freedoms as be regarded as preventing the High
set forth in this Convention are violated Contracting Parties from imposing
shall have an effective remedy before a restrictions on the political activity of
national authority notwithstanding that aliens.
the violation has been committed by
persons acting in an official capacity. Article 17
Prohibition of abuse of rights
Article 14 Nothing in this Convention may be
Prohibition of discrimination interpreted as implying for any State,
The enjoyment of the rights and group or person any right to engage in
freedoms set forth in this Convention any activity or perform any act aimed at
shall be secured without discrimination the destruction of any of the rights and
on any ground such as sex, race, colour, freedoms set forth herein or at their
language, religion, political or other limitation to a greater extent than is
opinion, national or social origin, provided for in the Convention.
association with a national minority,
property, birth or other status. Article 18
Limitation on use of restrictions on
Article 15 rights
Derogation in time of emergency The restrictions permitted under this
1. In time of war or other public Convention to the said rights and
emergency threatening the life of the freedoms shall not be applied for any
nation any High Contracting Party may purpose other than those for which they
take measures derogating from its have been prescribed.
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Section II
European Court of Human Rights
Article 19 re-elected.
Establishment of the Court 2. The terms of office of judges shall
To ensure the observance of the expire when they reach the age of 70.
engagements undertaken by the High 3. The judges shall hold office until
Contracting Parties in the Convention replaced. They shall, however, continue
and the Protocols thereto, there shall be to deal with such cases as they already
set up a European Court of Human have under consideration.
Rights, hereinafter referred to as “the 4. No judge may be dismissed from
Court”. It shall function on a permanent office unless the other judges decide by
basis. a majority of two-thirds that that judge
has ceased to fulfil the required
Article 20 conditions.
Number of judges
The Court shall consist of a number of Article 24
judges equal to that of the High
Registry and rapporteurs
Contracting Parties.
1. The Court shall have a Registry, the
Article 21 functions and organisation of which shall
be laid down in the rules of the Court.
Criteria for office
2. When sitting in a single-judge
1. The judges shall be of high moral
formation, the Court shall be assisted by
character and must either possess the
rapporteurs who shall function under the
qualifications required for appointment
authority of the President of the Court.
to high judicial office or be jurisconsults
They shall form part of the Court’s
of recognised competence.
Registry.
2. The judges shall sit on the Court in
their individual capacity. Article 25
3. During their term of office the
Plenary Court
judges shall not engage in any activity
The plenary Court shall
which is incompatible with their
(a) elect its President and one or two
independence, impartiality or with the
Vice-Presidents for a period of three
demands of a full-time office; all
years; they may be re-elected;
questions arising from the application of
(b) set up Chambers, constituted for a
this paragraph shall be decided by the
fixed period of time;
Court.
(c) elect the Presidents of the Chambers
of the Court; they may be re-elected;
Article 22 (d) adopt the rules of the Court;
Election of judges (e) elect the Registrar and one or more
The judges shall be elected by the Deputy Registrars;
Parliamentary Assembly with respect to (f) make any request under Article 26
each High Contracting Party by a § 2.
majority of votes cast from a list of three
candidates nominated by the High Article 26
Contracting Party. Single-judge formation, Committees,
Chambers and Grand Chamber
Article 23 1. To consider cases brought before it,
Terms of office and dismissal the Court shall sit in a single-judge
1. The judges shall be elected for a formation, in Committees of three
period of nine years. They may not be judges, in Chambers of seven judges
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raises a serious question affecting the thereto. The High Contracting Parties
interpretation of the Convention or the undertake not to hinder in any way the
Protocols thereto, or where the effective exercise of this right.
resolution of a question before the
Chamber might have a result Article 35
inconsistent with a judgment previously Admissibility criteria
delivered by the Court, the Chamber 1. The Court may only deal with the
may, at any time before it has rendered matter after all domestic remedies have
its judgment, relinquish jurisdiction in been exhausted, according to the
favour of the Grand Chamber, unless generally recognised rules of inter-
one of the parties to the case objects. national law, and within a period of six
months from the date on which the final
Article 31
decision was taken.
Powers of the Grand Chamber 2. The Court shall not deal with any
The Grand Chamber shall application submitted under Article 34
(a) determine applications submitted that
either under Article 33 or Article 34
(a) is anonymous; or
when a Chamber has relinquished
(b) is substantially the same as a
jurisdiction under Article 30 or when the
matter that has already been examined
case has been referred to it under Art-
by the Court or has already been
icle 43;
submitted to another procedure of
(b) decide on issues referred to the
international investigation or settlement
Court by the Committee of Ministers in
and contains no relevant new infor-
accordance with Article 46 § 4; and
mation.
(c) consider requests for advisory
3. The Court shall declare inadmissible
opinions submitted under Article 47.
any individual application submitted
Article 32 under Article 34 if it considers that:
(a) the application is incompatible with
Jurisdiction of the Court the provisions of the Convention or the
1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall Protocols thereto, manifestly ill-founded,
extend to all matters concerning the or an abuse of the right of individual
interpretation and application of the application; or
Convention and the Protocols thereto (b) the applicant has not suffered a
which are referred to it as provided in significant disadvantage, unless respect
Articles 33, 34, 46 and 47. for human rights as defined in the
2. In the event of dispute as to Convention and the Protocols thereto
whether the Court has jurisdiction, the requires an examination of the
Court shall decide. application on the merits and provided
that no case may be rejected on this
Article 33 ground which has not been duly
considered by a domestic tribunal.
Inter-State cases
4. The Court shall reject any
Any High Contracting Party may refer to
application which it considers inadmis-
the Court any alleged breach of the
sible under this Article. It may do so at
provisions of the Convention and the
any stage of the proceedings.
Protocols thereto by another High
Contracting Party.
Article 36
Article 34 Third party intervention
Individual applications 1. In all cases before a Chamber or the
The Court may receive applications from Grand Chamber, a High Contracting
any person, non-governmental organisa- Party one of whose nationals is an
tion or group of individuals claiming to applicant shall have the right to submit
be the victim of a violation by one of the written comments and to take part in
High Contracting Parties of the rights set hearings.
forth in the Convention or the Protocols 2. The President of the Court may, in
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Article 38 Article 42
Examination of the case Judgments of Chambers
The Court shall examine the case Judgments of Chambers shall become
together with the representatives of the final in accordance with the provisions of
parties and, if need be, undertake an Article 44 § 2.
investigation, for the effective conduct of
which the High Contracting Parties Article 43
concerned shall furnish all necessary Referral to the Grand Chamber
facilities. 1. Within a period of three months
from the date of the judgment of the
Article 39 Chamber, any party to the case may, in
Friendly settlements exceptional cases, request that the case
1. At any stage of the proceedings, the be referred to the Grand Chamber.
Court may place itself at the disposal of 2. A panel of five judges of the Grand
the parties concerned with a view to Chamber shall accept the request if the
securing a friendly settlement of the case raises a serious question affecting
matter on the basis of respect for human the interpretation or application of the
rights as defined in the Convention and Convention or the Protocols thereto, or a
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Article 49 Article 50
Reasons for advisory opinions Expenditure on the Court
1. Reasons shall be given for advisory The expenditure on the Court shall be
opinions of the Court. borne by the Council of Europe.
2. If the advisory opinion does not
represent, in whole or in part, the Article 51
unanimous opinion of the judges, any Privileges and immunities of judges
judge shall be entitled to deliver a The judges shall be entitled, during the
separate opinion. exercise of their functions, to the
3. Advisory opinions of the Court shall privileges and immunities provided for in
be communicated to the Committee of Article 40 of the Statute of the Council of
Ministers. Europe and in the agreements made
thereunder.
Section III
Miscellaneous provisions
Article 52 Article 55
Inquiries by the Secretary General Exclusion of other means of dispute
On receipt of a request from the settlement
Secretary General of the Council of The High Contracting Parties agree that,
Europe any High Contracting Party shall except by special agreement, they will
furnish an explanation of the manner in not avail themselves of treaties,
which its internal law ensures the conventions or declarations in force
effective implementation of any of the between them for the purpose of
provisions of the Convention. submitting, by way of petition, a dispute
arising out of the interpretation or
Article 53 application of this Convention to a
Safeguard for existing human rights means of settlement other than those
Nothing in this Convention shall be provided for in this Convention.
construed as limiting or derogating from
Article 56
any of the human rights and funda-
mental freedoms which may be ensured Territorial application
under the laws of any High Contracting 1. Any State may at the time of its
Party or under any other agreement to ratification or at any time thereafter
which it is a party. declare by notification addressed to the
Secretary General of the Council of
Article 54 Europe that the present Convention
Powers of the Committee of shall, subject to paragraph 4 of this
Ministers Article, extend to all or any of the
Nothing in this Convention shall territories for whose international
prejudice the powers conferred on the relations it is responsible.
Committee of Ministers by the Statute of 2. The Convention shall extend to the
the Council of Europe. territory or territories named in the
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notification as from the thirtieth day Contracting Party concerned from its
after the receipt of this notification by obligations under this Convention in
the Secretary General of the Council of respect of any act which, being capable
Europe. of constituting a violation of such
3. The provisions of this Convention obligations, may have been performed
shall be applied in such territories with by it before the date at which the
due regard, however, to local require- denunciation became effective.
ments. 3. Any High Contracting Party which
shall cease to be a member of the
4. Any State which has made a
Council of Europe shall cease to be a
declaration in accordance with para-
party to this Convention under the same
graph 1 of this Article may at any time
conditions.
thereafter declare on behalf of one or
4. The Convention may be denounced
more of the territories to which the
in accordance with the provisions of the
declaration relates that it accepts the
preceding paragraphs in respect of any
competence of the Court to receive
territory to which it has been declared to
applications from individuals, non-
extend under the terms of Article 56.
governmental organisations or groups of
individuals as provided by Article 34 of
Article 59
the Convention.
Signature and ratification
Article 57 1. This Convention shall be open to
the signature of the members of the
Reservations Council of Europe. It shall be ratified.
1. Any State may, when signing this Ratifications shall be deposited with the
Convention or when depositing its Secretary General of the Council of
instrument of ratification, make a Europe.
reservation in respect of any particular 2. The European Union may accede to
provision of the Convention to the extent this Convention.
that any law then in force in its territory 3. The present Convention shall come
is not in conformity with the provision. into force after the deposit of ten
Reservations of a general character shall instruments of ratification.
not be permitted under this Article. 4. As regards any signatory ratifying
2. Any reservation made under this subsequently, the Convention shall come
Article shall contain a brief statement of into force at the date of the deposit of
the law concerned. its instrument of ratification.
5. The Secretary General of the
Article 58 Council of Europe shall notify all the
members of the Council of Europe of the
Denunciation
entry into force of the Convention, the
1. A High Contracting Party may
names of the High Contracting Parties
denounce the present Convention only
who have ratified it, and the deposit of
after the expiry of five years from the all instruments of ratification which may
date on which it became a party to it
be effected subsequently.
and after six months’ notice contained in
a notification addressed to the Secretary Done at Rome this 4th day of November
General of the Council of Europe, who 1950, in English and French, both texts
shall inform the other High Contracting being equally authentic, in a single copy
Parties. which shall remain deposited in the
2. Such a denunciation shall not have archives of the Council of Europe. The
the effect of releasing the High Secretary General shall transmit certified
copies to each of the signatories.
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deposit of its instrument of ratification. 1952, in English and French, both texts
The instruments of ratification shall be being equally authentic, in a single copy
deposited with the Secretary General of which shall remain deposited in the
the Council of Europe, who will notify all archives of the Council of Europe. The
members of the names of those who Secretary General shall transmit certified
have ratified. copies to each of the signatory
governments.
Done at Paris on the 20th day of March
Being resolved to take steps to ensure ordre public, for the prevention of crime,
the collective enforcement of certain for the protection of health or morals, or
rights and freedoms other than those for the protection of the rights and
already included in Section I of the freedoms of others.
Convention for the Protection of Human 4. The rights set forth in paragraph 1
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms may also be subject, in particular areas,
signed at Rome on 4 November 1950 to restrictions imposed in accordance
(hereinafter referred to as the with law and justified by the public
“Convention”) and in Articles 1 to 3 of interest in a democratic society.
the First Protocol to the Convention,
signed at Paris on 20 March 1952, Article 3
Have agreed as follows:
Prohibition of expulsion of nationals
Article 1 1. No one shall be expelled, by means
either of an individual or of a collective
Prohibition of imprisonment for debt
measure, from the territory of the State
No one shall be deprived of his liberty
of which he is a national.
merely on the ground of inability to fulfil
a contractual obligation. 2. No one shall be deprived of the right
to enter the territory of the State of
Article 2 which he is a national.
Freedom of movement
Article 4
1. Everyone lawfully within the
territory of a State shall, within that Prohibition of collective expulsion of
territory, have the right to liberty of aliens
movement and freedom to choose his Collective expulsion of aliens is pro-
residence. hibited.
2. Everyone shall be free to leave any
country, including his own. Article 5
3. No restrictions shall be placed on Territorial application
the exercise of these rights other than 1. Any High Contracting Party may, at
such as are in accordance with law and the time of signature or ratification of
are necessary in a democratic society in this Protocol, or at any time thereafter,
the interests of national security or communicate to the Secretary General
public safety, for the maintenance of of the Council of Europe a declaration
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See Notes File number
Requête
Application
IMPORTANT: La présente requête est un document juridique et peut affecter vos droits et obligations.
This application is a formal legal document and may affect your rights and obligations.
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I. Les Parties
The Parties
A. Le Requérant/La Requérante
The Applicant
3. Nationalité 4. Profession
Nationality Occupation
6. Domicile
Permanent address
7. Tél n°
Tel no.
(Indiquer ci-après le nom de l’Etat/des Etats contre le(s)quel(s) la requête est dirigée)
(Fill in the name of the State(s) against which the application is directed)
13.
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Si le/la requérant(e) est représenté(e), joindre une procuration signée par le/la requérant(e) et son/sa représentant(e).
If the applicant appoints a representative, attach a form of authority signed by the applicant and his or her representative.
14.
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Si nécessaire, continuer sur une feuille séparée
Continue on a separate sheet if necessary
15.
(Voir § 19 (d) de la notice. Donner pour chaque grief, et au besoin sur une feuille séparée, les renseignements
demandés sous les points 16 à 18 ci-après)
(See § 19 (d) of the Notes. If necessary, give the details mentioned below under points 16 to 18 on a separate
sheet for each separate complaint)
16. Décision interne définitive (date et nature de la décision, organe – judiciaire ou autre – l’ayant rendue)
Final decision (date, court or authority and nature of decision)
17. Autres décisions (énumérées dans l’ordre chronologique en indiquant, pour chaque décision, sa date, sa nature et
l’organe – judiciaire ou autre – l’ayant rendue)
Other decisions (list in chronological order, giving date, court or authority and nature of decision for each of them)
18. Dispos(i)ez-vous d’un recours que vous n’avez pas exercé? Si oui, lequel et pour quel motif n’a-t-il pas été exercé?
Is there or was there any other appeal or other remedy available to you which you have not used? If so, explain
why you have not used it.
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Si nécessaire, continuer sur une feuille séparée
Continue on a separate sheet if necessary
19.
20. Avez-vous soumis à une autre instance internationale d’enquête ou de règlement les griefs énoncés dans la
présente requête? Si oui, fournir des indications détaillées à ce sujet.
Have you submitted the above complaints to any other procedure of international investigation or settlement? If so,
give full details.
(Voir chapitre § 19 (g) de la notice. Joindre copie de toutes les décisions mentionnées sous ch. IV et VI ci-dessus.
Se procurer, au besoin, les copies nécessaires, et, en cas d’impossibilité, expliquer pourquoi celles-ci ne peuvent pas
être obtenues. Ces documents ne vous seront pas retournés.)
(See § 19 (g) of the Notes. Include copies of all decisions referred to in Parts IV and VI above. If you do not have
copies, you should obtain them. If you cannot obtain them, explain why not. No documents will be returned to you.)
21. a)
b)
c)
Je déclare en toute conscience et loyauté que les renseignements qui figurent sur la présente formule de requête
sont exacts.
I hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information I have given in the present
application form is correct.
Lieu
Place
Date
Date
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texts being equally authentic, in a single Europe shall transmit certified copies to
copy which shall be deposited in the each member State of the Council of
archives of the Council of Europe. The Europe.
Secretary General of the Council of
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for the guidance of persons wishing to apply to the
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in your name and sending you a set of barcodes which you should
attach to any future correspondence. Subsequently, you may be asked
for further information, documents or particulars of your complaints. The
Registry cannot however provide you with information about the law of
the State against which you are making your complaint or give legal
advice concerning the application and interpretation of national law.
17. It is in your interest to reply rapidly to any correspondence from
the Registry. Any delay or failure to reply may be taken to mean that
you no longer wish to pursue the examination of your case.
18. If you consider that your complaints concern one of the rights
guaranteed by the Convention or one of the Protocols, and that the
conditions described above are satisfied, you should fill in the
application form carefully and legibly and send it, together with
any documents required for its examination, as soon as possible
and not later than eight weeks after the date of the first letter
from the Registry. If the application form is not sent within those eight
weeks, it will be the date on which you send your completed application
form which determines whether you have complied with the six-month
time-limit set out in Article 35 § 1 (see paragraphs 6 and 10 above) and
not the date of your first letter. Moreover, if the application form has not
been returned six months from the date when it was sent to you, this
will be taken to mean that you no longer wish to pursue the examination
of your case, and the file will be destroyed. In addition, failure to
provide further information or documents at the Registry's request may
result in the application not being examined by the Court or being
declared inadmissible or struck out of the Court's list of cases.
19. When you fill in an application form, you should make sure that
you:
(a) set out the relevant information about the parties (Section I of
the form), with a separate sheet for each applicant, if necessary, and a
form (or forms) of authority if a representative is appointed;
(b) give clear and concise details of the facts you are complaining
about (Section II). Give exact dates and try to describe the events in
the order in which they occurred. If your complaints relate to a number
of different matters (for example different sets of court proceedings),
deal with each matter separately;
(c) explain as precisely as you can what your complaint under the
Convention is (Section III). Say which Convention provisions you rely on
and explain why the facts that you have set out in Section II involve a
violation of those provisions;
(d) give the information needed to show that you have complied
with the time-limits and the rules on exhaustion of remedies (Section
IV). You should give the information separately for each complaint;
(e) state briefly what you want to achieve through your
application to the Court (Section V);
(f) indicate whether you have submitted the complaints in your
application to any other procedure of international investigation or
settlement (Section VI). If you have, you should give details, including
the name of the body to which you submitted your complaints, dates
and details of any proceedings which took place and details of decisions
taken. You should also submit copies of relevant decisions and other
documents;
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Convention Protocol No. 1 Protocol No. 4 Protocol No. 6 Protocol No. 7 Protocol No. 12 Protocol No. 13
States
CETS 005 CETS 009 CETS 046 CETS 114 CETS 117 CETS 177 CETS 187
Albania 02/10/96 02/10/96 02/10/96 01/10/00 01/01/97 01/04/05 01/06/07
Andorra 22/01/96 06/05/08 06/05/08 01/02/96 01/08/08 01/09/08 01/07/03
Armenia 26/04/02 26/04/02 26/04/02 01/10/03 01/07/02 01/04/05
Austria 03/09/58 03/09/58 18/09/69 01/03/85 01/11/88 01/05/04
Azerbaijan 15/04/02 15/04/02 15/04/02 01/05/02 01/07/02
Belgium 14/06/55 14/06/55 21/09/70 01/01/99 01/10/03
Bosnia and
12/07/02 12/07/02 12/07/02 01/08/02 01/10/02 01/04/05 01/11/03
Herzegovina
Bulgaria 07/09/92 07/09/92 04/11/00 01/10/99 01/02/01 01/07/03
Croatia 05/11/97 05/11/97 05/11/97 01/12/97 01/02/98 01/04/05 01/07/03
Cyprus 06/10/62 06/10/62 03/10/89 01/02/00 01/12/00 01/04/05 01/07/03
Czech Republic 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/11/04
Denmark 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/03/85 01/11/88 01/07/03
Estonia 16/04/96 16/04/96 16/04/96 01/05/98 01/07/96 01/06/04
Finland 10/05/90 10/05/90 10/05/90 01/06/90 01/08/90 01/04/05 01/03/05
France 03/05/74 03/05/74 03/05/74 01/03/86 01/11/88 01/02/08
Georgia 20/05/99 07/06/02 13/04/00 01/05/00 01/07/00 01/04/05 01/09/03
Germany 03/09/53 13/02/57 01/06/68 01/08/89 01/02/05
Greece 28/11/74 28/11/74 01/10/98 01/11/88 01/06/05
Hungary 05/11/92 05/11/92 05/11/92 01/12/92 01/02/93 01/11/03
Iceland 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/06/87 01/11/88 01/03/05
Ireland 03/09/53 18/05/54 29/10/68 01/07/94 01/11/01 01/07/03
Italy 26/10/55 26/10/55 27/05/82 01/01/89 01/02/92 01/07/09
Latvia 27/06/97 27/06/97 27/06/97 01/06/99 01/09/97
Liechtenstein 08/09/82 14/11/95 08/02/05 01/12/90 01/05/05 01/07/03
Lithuania 20/06/95 24/05/96 20/06/95 01/08/99 01/09/95 01/05/04
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Luxembourg 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/03/85 01/07/89 01/07/06 01/07/06
Monaco 30/11/05 30/11/05 01/12/05 01/02/06 01/03/06
Malta 23/01/67 23/01/67 05/06/02 01/04/91 01/04/03 01/07/03
Moldova 12/09/97 12/09/97 12/09/97 01/10/97 01/12/97 01/02/07
Montenegro 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06
Netherlands 31/08/54 31/08/54 23/06/82 01/05/86 01/04/05 01/06/06
Norway 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/11/88 01/01/89 01/12/05
Poland 19/01/93 10/10/94 10/10/94 01/11/00 01/03/03
Portugal 09/11/78 09/11/78 09/11/78 01/11/86 01/03/05 01/02/04
Romania 20/06/94 20/06/94 20/06/94 01/07/94 01/09/94 01/11/06 01/08/03
Russia 05/05/98 05/05/98 05/05/98 01/08/98
San Marino 22/03/89 22/03/89 22/03/89 01/04/89 01/06/89 01/04/05 01/08/03
Serbia 03/03/04 03/03/04 03/03/04 01/04/04 01/06/04 01/04/05 01/07/04
Slovakia 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/12/05
Slovenia 28/06/94 28/06/94 28/06/94 01/07/94 01/09/94 01/11/10 01/04/04
Spain 04/10/79 27/11/90 16/09/09 01/03/85 01/12/09 01/06/08 01/04/10
Sweden 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/03/85 01/11/88 01/08/03
Switzerland 28/11/74 01/11/87 01/11/88 01/07/03
the former Yugoslav
Republic of 10/04/97 10/04/97 10/04/97 01/05/97 01/07/97 01/04/05 01/11/04
Macedonia
Turkey 18/05/54 18/05/54 01/12/03 01/06/06
Ukraine 11/09/97 11/09/97 11/09/97 01/05/00 01/12/97 01/07/06 01/07/03
United Kingdom 03/09/53 18/05/54 01/06/99 01/02/04
In a certain number of cases, States have made declarations or reservations which affect their obligations under the Convention and the protocols. A full list is
available on the Court’s internet site, www.echr.coe.int, or from the Registry.
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A U T H O R I T Y1
(Rule 36 of the Rules of Court)
I, ........................................................................................................................................
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(name and address of applicant)
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(name, address and occupation of representative)
to represent me in the proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights, and in any
subsequent proceedings under the European Convention on Human Rights, concerning my
application introduced under Article 34 of the Convention against
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(respondent State)
on .......................................................................................................................................
(date of letter of introduction)
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(place and date)
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(signature of applicant)
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(signature of representative)
1 This form must be completed and signed by any applicant wishing to be represented before the Court and by
the lawyer or other person appointed.