Human Rights in Europe

Council of Europe - Council of Europe Treaties Directorate General of Human documents and news organised by subject Commissioner for Human European Court of Human Rights –Judgments and decisions on Westlaw, Justis, HUDOC, Worldlii

Directorate General of Human rights – information for different themes/conventions (e.g. torture, women's rights, national minorities etc) including introductory information, publications/documents, country reports, news, events etc Text of the convention, signatories, ratifications, reservations etc Reports and other documents from the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Legal affairs includes link to the Treaties Office – COE treaties, ratification information, subject index etc

European Court of Human Rights: Judgments Official Reports –Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively e.g. Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139 –After 1 Nov Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions (cited ECHR) e.g. Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 –Available in print at Internat 121 and online on Justis European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) –e.g. Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 –Available in print at Internat 150 E60 on Westlaw OSCOLA – Cite Official Reports or EHRR

ECHR: Transcripts Court Transcripts –Court web site – HUDOC –Worldlii –Netherlands Institute

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EHRR on Westlaw UK section of Westlaw includes ECHR judgments European Court of Human Rights Reports (includes all court judgments and selected commission decisions)

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Transcripts database European Convention on Human Rights and additional protocols History, organization, composition, procedures etc

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