IN FACTS AND FIGURES 2010
THE EUROPEANCOURTOF HUMANRIGHTS
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMANRIGHTSIN FACTSAND FIGURES
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Facts and figures
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Court’s statistics for 2010
Pending allocated cases
Approximately 139,650 applications were pending before a judicial formation on 1 January 2011. More than half of these applications had been lodged against one of four countries: Russia, Turkey, Romania or Ukraine.
on 1 January 2011
28,1 %
6,34 %
2.5%
8.6%
7.5%
7.3%
4.6%
2.8%
2.5%
2.5%
Russia
Turkey
Romania
Ukraine
Italy
Poland
Moldova
Bulgaria
Serbia
Slovenia
Other States
10.9%
28.9%
22.1%
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Violation judgments by State
In 2010, more than a third of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned four of the Council of Europe’s forty-seven member States: Turkey (278 judgments), Russia (217 judgments), Romania (143 judgments) and Ukraine (109 judgments). Of the total number of judgments it has delivered in 2010, in over 85% of cases the Court has found at least one violation of the Convention by the respondent State.
Year 2011
Turkey
Russia
Romania
Ukraine
Poland
Other States
18.55%
14.48%
7.27%
9.54%
7.14%
43.03%
Since it was established in 1959, near the half of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned four member States: Turkey, Italy, Russia and Poland.
Facts and figures
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Applications allocated to a judicial formation
Applications which are allocated to a judicial formation are those for which the Court has received a correctly completed form, accompanied by copies of relevant documents. These applications will be examined by a Committee or by a Chamber of the Court. These figures do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file).
on 1 January 2011
45,000
8,400 10,50013,800
28,200 27,200
32,50035,400
39,40041,700
49,900
57,100
1955-1998
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
61,300
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Judgments delivered by the Court
Since the reform of the Convention system on 1 November 1998, there has been a considerable increase in the Court’s caseload. Barely ten years after the reform, the Court delivered its 10,000th judgment. Its output is such that more than 93% of the Court’s judgments since its creation in 1959 have been delivered between 1998 and 2010.
In recent years the Court has concentrated on examining complex cases and has decided to join certain applications which raise similar legal questions so that it can consider them jointly. Thus, although the number of judgments delivered each year is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, the Court has examined more applications.
In 2010, the Court delivered 1,499 judgments concerning 2,607 applications. A total of 41,183 applications were decided in 2010.
on 1 January 2011
1959-1998
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1,105
837
177
695
888844
703 718
1,560 1,503 1,5431,625
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1,499
Facts and figures
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Subject-matter of the Court’s violation judgments in 2010
More than a third of the judgments in which the Court found a violation included a violation of Article 6, whether on account of the fairness or the length of the proceedings. Furthermore, 52% of violations found by the Court concern Article 6 and Article 5 (Right to liberty and security).
Lastly, more than 20% of violations found by the Court concern the right to life or the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention).
Year 2010
Right to an effective remedy (Art. 13)
Right to liberty and security (Art. 5)
Protection of property (P1-1)
Right to life (Art. 2)
Right to a fair trial (Art. 6)
Other violations
8.66%
14.24%
9.32%
14.75%
5.52%
37.66%
9.85%
Prohibition of torture andinhuman or degrading treatment (Art. 3)
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Throughput of applications in 2010
Applications declared inadmissible or struck out
Applications allocated to a judicial formation
Total number of applications decided
Application in which judgments delivered
Malta 23 14 4 18Moldova 945 434 29 463Monaco 13 7 0 7Montenegro 305 45 2 47Netherlands 727 299 4 303Norway 86 76 1 77Poland 5 777 3 924 108 4 032Portugal 186 116 35 151Romania 5 992 3 650 150 3 800Russia 14 309 6 911 430 7 341San Marino 4 5 0 5Serbia 1 566 1 195 38 1 233Slovakia 568 664 41 705Slovenia 837 581 6 587Spain 689 454 16 470Sweden 901 283 6 289Switzerland 368 305 11 316
422 456 15 471Turkey 5 821 3 296 501 3 797Ukraine 3 962 3 311 119 3 430United Kingdom 2 766 1 175 23 1 198
Total of applications 61 307 38 576 2 607 41 183
Albania 96 20 9 29Andorra 8 3 0 3Armenia 197 81 5 86Austria 439 510 19 529Azerbaijan 337 167 29 190Belgium 304 69 4 73Bosnia Herzegovina 658 1 393 1 1 394Bulgaria 1 348 525 84 609Croatia 992 357 21 378Czech Republic 606 1 367 12 1 379Cyprus 118 57 3 60Denmark 96 36 0 36Estonia 265 183 3 186Finland 377 214 17 231France 1 619 1 367 44 1 411Georgia 375 1 608 4 1 612Germany 1 683 1 544 47 1 591Greece 585 383 60 443Hungary 436 240 21 261Iceland 15 8 1 9Ireland 62 76 2 78Italy 3 852 687 668 1 355Latvia 271 273 4 277Liechtenstein 15 15 1 16Lithuania 242 153 8 161Luxembourg 44 39 7 46
2010 2010 2010 2010
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Violations by Article and by country
2010
Other Article
s of the Conv
ention
Right not to
be tried or pu
nished twice
Right to free
elections
Right to edu
cation
Protection of
property
Prohibition o
f discriminat
ion
Right to an e
ffective reme
dy
Right to mar
ry
Freedom of a
ssembly and
association
Freedom of e
xpression
Freedom of t
hought, cons
cience and re
ligion
Right to resp
ect for privat
e and family
law
No punishm
ent without
law
Non executio
n
Length of pro
ceedings
Right to a fa
ir trial
Right to libe
rty and secu
rity
Prohibition o
f slavery / fo
rced labour
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Inhuman or d
egrading tre
atment
Prohibition o
f torture
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Right to life
- deprivation
of life
Other judgm
ents**
Friendly sett
lements / Str
iking out ju
dgments
Judgments fi
nding no vi
olation
Judgments fi
nding at lea
st one viola
tion
Total numb
er of judgm
ents
Other Article
s of the Conv
ention
Right not to
be tried or pu
nished twice
Right to free
elections
Right to edu
cation
Protection of
property
Prohibition o
f discriminat
ion
Right to an e
ffective reme
dy
Right to mar
ry
Freedom of a
ssembly and
association
Freedom of e
xpression
Freedom of t
hought, cons
cience and re
ligion
Right to resp
ect for privat
e and family
law
No punishm
ent without
law
Non executio
n
Length of pro
ceedings
Right to a fa
ir trial
Right to libe
rty and secu
rity
Prohibition o
f slavery / fo
rced labour
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Inhuman or d
egrading tre
atment
Prohibition o
f torture
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Right to life
- deprivation
of life
Other judgm
ents**
Friendly sett
lements / Str
iking out ju
dgments
Judgments fi
nding no vi
olation
Judgments fi
nding at lea
st one viola
tion
Total numb
er of judgm
ents
Alba
nia
75
23
11
22
Ando
rra
0Ar
men
ia5
52
11
2Au
stria
1916
36
92
41
Azer
baija
n16
163
18
49
21
92
Belg
ium
44
11
3Bo
snia
Her
zego
vina
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1Bu
lgar
ia81
6910
11
57
15
314
631
38
271
181
2Cr
oatia
2121
56
81
23
22
Cypr
us3
31
11
11
21
Czec
h Re
publ
ic11
91
16
31
11
2D
enm
ark
0Es
toni
a2
11
1Fi
nlan
d17
161
29
28
Fran
ce42
2813
13
510
11
24
5G
eorg
ia4
41
21
13
Ger
man
y36
296
11
229
28
Gre
ece
5653
35
24
833
62
11
172
11
Hun
gary
2121
11
114
31
1Ic
elan
d1
11
Irela
nd2
21
11
Italy
9861
334
19
445
36
2La
tvia
43
11
11
11
Liec
hten
stei
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11
Lith
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71
13
31
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75
22
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43
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23
33
45
66
67
89
1011
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Violations by Article and by country
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n
2010
Other Article
s of the Conv
ention
Right not to
be tried or pu
nished twice
Right to free
elections
Right to edu
cation
Protection of
property
Prohibition o
f discriminat
ion
Right to an e
ffective reme
dy
Right to mar
ry
Freedom of a
ssembly and
association
Freedom of e
xpression
Freedom of t
hought, cons
cience and re
ligion
Right to resp
ect for privat
e and family
law
No punishm
ent without
law
Non executio
n
Length of pro
ceedings
Right to a fa
ir trial
Right to libe
rty and secu
rity
Prohibition o
f slavery / fo
rced labour
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Inhuman or d
egrading tre
atment
Prohibition o
f torture
Lack of effec
tive investig
ation
Right to life
- deprivation
of life
Other judgm
ents**
Friendly sett
lements / Str
iking out ju
dgments
Judgments fi
nding no vi
olation
Judgments fi
nding at lea
st one viola
tion
Total numb
er of judgm
ents Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
l2
23
33
45
66
67
89
1011
1213
14P1
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-2P1
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Mol
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2820
83
17
42
21
21
53
11
Mon
aco
0M
onte
negr
o2
21
1N
ethe
rland
s4
21
11
1N
orw
ay1
1Po
land
107
8715
52
22
114
2037
212
12
22
22
Port
ugal
1915
22
26
35
6Ro
man
ia14
313
53
51
21
223
1730
1630
25
51
581
1Ru
ssia
217
204
112
3437
710
226
189
5529
204
16
255
244
8Sa
n M
arin
o0
Serb
ia9
91
12
21
21
1Sl
ovak
ia40
401
110
229
27
Slov
enia
63
32
13
Spai
n13
67
14
11
Swed
en6
42
21
1Sw
itzer
land
118
32
23
115
141
35
72
Turk
ey27
822
89
4110
73
3224
8042
836
52
1910
2230
11
Ukr
aine
109
107
11
224
943
1560
16
214
47
Uni
ted
King
dom
2114
72
11
51
44
11
Sub-
tota
l12
8210
73
108
5464
1321
774
231
525
446
189
075
555
183
185
2019
90
91
22
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l1
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