Title II

To ensure the observance of the engagements undertaken by the High Contracting Parties in the Convention and the Protocols thereto, there shall be…

The Court shall consist of a number of judges equal to that of the High Contracting Parties.

The judges must enjoy the highest moral consideration and possess the qualifications required for the exercise of high judicial office, or be…

For each High Contracting Party, the judges shall be elected by the Parliamentary Assembly, by a majority of the votes cast, from a list of three…

The judges shall be elected for a period of nine years. They shall not be eligible for re-election.

The Court shall have a registry, the duties and organisation of which shall be determined in the rules of procedure of the Court.

The Court meeting in plenary session:

To adjudicate cases brought before the Court, the Court shall sit as a single judge, in committees of three judges, in Chambers of seven judges and…

The single judge may declare a petition submitted on the basis of Article 34 inadmissible or strike it from the Court's list, if this decision can be…

In respect of a petition submitted on the basis of Article 34, the committee may, by a unanimous vote,

If no decision has been taken pursuant to Article 27 or 28, or no judgment has been rendered under Article 28, a Chamber shall render judgment on the…

Where a case pending before a Chamber raises a serious question affecting the interpretation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, or where the…

The Grand Chamber,

The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all matters concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention and the Protocols thereto…

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…

The Court may receive applications from any natural person, any non-governmental organisation or any group of individuals claiming to be the victim…

The Court may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted, according to the generally recognised rules of international…

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…

The Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, decide to strike a petition (verzoekschrift) from the cause list when the circumstances lead to the…

The Court shall examine the case together with the representatives of the parties and shall, if need be, undertake an investigation, for the…

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 hearings shall be public, unless the Court decides otherwise due to extraordinary circumstances.

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…

Decisions of Chambers shall constitute final judgments in accordance with the provisions of Article 44, paragraph 2.

Within a period of three months after the date of the judgment of a Chamber, any party involved in the case may, in exceptional cases, petition for…

The judgment of the Grand Chamber shall be final.

Judgments, as well as decisions whereby petitions (applications) are declared admissible or inadmissible, shall state the reasons on which they are…

The High Contracting Parties undertake to abide by the final judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties.

The Court may, at the request of the Committee of Ministers, give advisory opinions on legal questions concerning the interpretation of the…

The Court shall decide whether a petition for an advisory opinion from the Committee of Ministers falls within its competence as defined in Article…

Advisory opinions of the Court shall be reasoned.

The costs of the Court shall be borne by the Council of Europe.

The judges shall enjoy, during the exercise of their functions, the privileges and immunities provided for in Article 40 of the Statute of the…