The EU and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is obviously central to any discussion of European constitutionalism, but my focus will be on the European Convention on Human Rights (henceforth ECHR) and in particular on the European Court of Human Rights (henceforth the Court) set up to enforce this convention.

The European Court of Human Rights is an AND PROHIBITIONS international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1998 it has sat as a full-time court and individuals can apply to it directly. One of Britain’s most senior judges has launched a broadside against the European Court of Human Rights, accusing it of overstepping its role and trying to create a “federal law of Europe Rules of Court – 1 January 2020 . 1. The European Court of Human Rights, Having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Protocols thereto, Makes the present Rules: Rule 11 – Definitions For the purposes of these Rules unless the context otherwise requires: SECTION II EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS 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. European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), judicial organ established in 1959 that is charged with supervising the enforcement of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950; commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights), which was drawn up by the Council of Europe.

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), judicial organ established in 1959 that is charged with supervising the enforcement of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950; commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights), which was drawn up by the Council of Europe.

The European Court of Human Rights is an AND PROHIBITIONS international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1998 it has sat as a full-time court and individuals can apply to it directly. One of Britain’s most senior judges has launched a broadside against the European Court of Human Rights, accusing it of overstepping its role and trying to create a “federal law of Europe Rules of Court – 1 January 2020 . 1. The European Court of Human Rights, Having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Protocols thereto, Makes the present Rules: Rule 11 – Definitions For the purposes of these Rules unless the context otherwise requires:

The focus of this discussion centres on the derogation clause of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)1, i.e. Article 15. This is a complex legal provision that is comprised of various asp

The European Court of Human Rights is facing critical challenges. Internally, the ECHR faces more than 60,000 active petitions.Externally, the court is coming under increasing fire — especially The Supreme Court and Europe Relationship with the European Court of Human Rights. Before the Human Rights Act was passed by Parliament in 1998 it was not possible for an individual in the UK to challenge a decision of a public authority on the grounds that it violated his or her rights under the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), within the courts of the UK. The European Court of Human Rights has made a landmark ruling that migrants who cross border fences which are still outside European Union territory have ‘rights as refugees’ – meaning Spanish authorities will no longer be allowed to return illegal immigrants to Morocco who storm border fences at the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.