European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was created to systemize the procedure for human rights complaints from the member states of the Council of Europe. The Court’s mission is to ensure that the signatory states comply with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the additional protocols.
The European Convention on Human Rights is an international treaty under which the member states of the Council of Europe guarantee the fundamental civil and political rights of both citizens and all persons under the jurisdiction of these states. The convention was signed on November 4, 1950 in Rome and entered into force in 1953.
The work of the Court consists in monitoring the respect of human rights for 800 million citizens from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe that have ratified the Convention.
The Convention guarantees, among others:
- the right to life,
- the right to a fair trial,
- the right to respect for private and family life,
- freedom of expression,
- freedom of thought, conscience and religion,
- the right to respect the goods.
The Convention prohibits:
- torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
- slavery and forced labor,
- death penalty,
- arbitrary detention,
- discrimination in the exercise of the rights and freedoms recognized by the Convention.
If your fundamental rights defended by the Convention are violated, Sorin George Pașalică Law Firm, benefiting from experience proven by the numerous cases before the European Court of Human Rights, can represent your interests with professionalism and real involvement.
