Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

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About the reform

History of the reform
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Plenary bodies

Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)

Committee of Experts on the Reform of the Court (DH-GDR)
 

Drafting Groups on the Reform of the Court

GT-GDR-A

GT-GDR-B

GT-GDR-C

GT-GDR-D

GT-GDR-E
GT-GDR-F
 

High level Conferences

Brighton, 18-20/04/2012

Declaration
Proceedings
Background documents

Izmir, 26-27/04/2011

Declaration
Proceedings
Background documents

Interlaken, 18-19/02/2010

Declaration
Proceedings
Preparatory contributions
Background documents

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Adoption of Protocol no. 15 to the  Convention
The Committee of Ministers has adopted Protocol no. 15 at its Ministerial Session on 16 May 2013.
Protocol no. 15 to the Convention (new 17/05)

4th Meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Reform of the Court (DH-GDR), Strasbourg, 5-7 June 2013
Draft annotated agenda

1st Meeting of the Drafting Group "E" on the Reform of the Court (GT-GDR-E), Strasbourg, 22-24 May 2013
Draft annotated agenda

Draft Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights
[26/04/2013] Parliamentary Assembly adopts a favourable opinion on Draft Protocol No. 15.
Opinion

2nd Meeting of the Drafting Group "D" on the Reform of the Court (GT-GDR-D) Strasbourg, 15-17 May 2013
Meeting report and Addenda (new 22/05/2013)

1st meeting of the Drafting Group "D" on the Reform of the Court (GT-GDR-D),
Strasbourg, 10-12 April 2012
 Report

 

These web-pages focus on intergovernmental work on the reform of the Court since the Rome Ministerial Conference of 2000, which led to Protocol no. 14 and a series of non-binding instruments. They cover notably the 2006 Report of the Group of Wise Persons and the successive High-level Conferences on the reform of the Court that took place between 2010 and 2012 at Interlaken, Izmir and Brighton, and follow-up to these events.

At the head of the inter-governmental process is the Committee of Ministers, which gives terms of reference to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) and the Committee of experts on the reform of the Court (DH-GDR), a specialist plenary body subordinate to the CDDH. The work of the DH-GDR is prepared in smaller drafting groups (GT-GDR-A to F) that deal with specific issues. In the past, other subordinate bodies of the CDDH were also involved in the reform process.