European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 (ECHR) and related Protocols

Text. Text of the Convention and Related Protocols, CETS No. 005 - Preparatory Works

Status. Contracting States – Reservations and Declarations

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) caselaw:

• ECtHR, Shtukaturov v Russia (App No 44009/05), judgment of 27 March 2008.
• ECtHR, Glor v Switzerland (App No 13444/04), judgment of 30 April 2009.
• ECtHR, Carson and others v. the United Kingdom (App. No. 42184/05), judgment of 26 March 2010.
• ECtHR, Stanev v Bulgaria (App No 36760/06), judgment of 17 January 2012.
• ECtHR, Nataliya Mikhaylenko v. Ukraine (App. No. 49069/11), judgment of 30 May 2013.
• ECtHR, Guberina v. Croatia (App. No. 23682/13), judgment of 22 May 2016.
• ECtHR, AN v Lithuania (App No 17280/08), judgment of 31 May 2016.
• ECtHR, Belli and Arquier-Martinez v. Switzarland (App. No. 65550/13), judgment of 11 December 2018.
• ECtHR, Nikolyan v. Armenia (App. No. 74438/14), judgment of 2 October 2019.

Resolutions and recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe:

• Committee of Ministers, Recommendation (99)4 adopted on 23 February 1999, on principles concerning the legal protection of incapable adults, and explanatory memorandum
• Committee of Ministers, Recommendation (2009)11 adopted on 9 December 2009, on principles concerning continuing powers of attorney and advance directives for incapacity, and explanatory memorandum
• Committee of Ministers, Recommendation (2014)2 adopted on 16 April 2014, on the promotion of human rights of older persons, and explanatory memorandum

Resolutions and recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:

• Parliamentary Assembly, Recommendation 1592(2003)[1] adopted on 29 January 2003, Towards a full social inclusion of people with disabilities.
• Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 1642(2009) adopted on 26 January 2009, Access to right for people with disabilities and their participation in society
• Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 2039(2015) adopted on 20 January 2015, Equality and inclusion for people with disabilities
• Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 2258(2019) adopted on 23 January 2019, For a disability-inclusive workforce

Other relevant documents concerning the European Convention on Human Rights:

• Protocol No. 12 on the general prohibition of discrimination, of 4 November 2000, CETS No. 177, entered into force on 1 April 2005 – Contracting States – Reservations and Declarations – Explanatory Report
• Council of Europe (Report prepared by Mr Adrian D. Ward, Consultant on behalf of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation), Enabling citizens to plan for incapacity: A review of follow-up action taken by member states of the Council of Europe to Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)11 on principles concerning continuing powers of attorney and advance directives for incapacity, 2017.
• Press Unit of the ECtHR, Factsheet, Elderly people and the European Convention on Human Rights, February 2019
• ECtHR, Jurisconsult, Guide on Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and on Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention, Prohibition of Discrimination, August 2020
• Press Unit of the ECtHR, Factsheet, Persons with disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights, September 2020
• Council of Europe, Human Rights: A Reality for All, Disability Strategy 2017-2023
• Committee of experts on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Other publications

European Social Charter

• European Social Charter 1961 of 18 October 1961, CETS No. 35 – Member States - Reservations
• Additional Protocol of 1988 extending the social and economic rights of the 1961 Charter, CETS No. 128 – Member States – Reservations – Explanatory Report
• Amending Protocol of 1991 reforming the supervisory mechanism, CETS No. 142 – Member States – Reservations – Explanatory Report
• Additional Protocol of 1995 providing for a system of collective complaints, CETS No. 158 – Member States – Reservations – Explanatory Report
• European Social Charter (Revised) of 1999, entered into force on 1 July 1999, embodying the rights guaranteed by the European Social Charter of 1961, its additional Protocol of 1988, as well as new rights and amendments adopted by the Parties, CETS No. 163 – Member States – Reservations – Explanatory Report