The European Convention on Human Rights, an international treaty drawn up within the Council of Europe, was opened for signature in Rome in 1950. On 1 June 2010 it was amended by Protocol No. 14, whose aim is to guarantee the long-term efficiency ofthe Court by optimising the filtering and processing of applications.
Protocol No. 16 to the Convention allows the highest courts and tribunals of a State Party to request the Court to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention.
Protocol No. 16 came into force on 1 August 2018 in respect of the States which have signed and ratified it.
CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
Section I – Rights and freedoms
Section II – European Court of Human Rights
Section III – Miscellaneous provisions
PROTOCOLS
Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the First Protocol thereto
Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
Protocol No. 16 to the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
