This year, it is celebrated the
70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (#ECHR), a
convention for the people!
"Inspired by the Universal
Declaration on Human Rights, the Convention is a unique, legally-binding
treaty, overseen by an independent international court, which safeguards
people’s basic rights and fundamental freedoms." said the leaders of the
47-nation Council of Europe in their statement to launch this anniversary.
Initially signed by 12 countries
on 4 November 1950, the Convention now protects over 830 million people in 47
European States.
Over the years, the Convention
has been supplemented by a number of Protocols on issues such as prohibiting
discrimination and abolishing the death penalty. The latest Protocol boosts
judicial dialogue in Europe by enabling superior national courts from countries
that have accepted the Protocol to request advisory opinions from the European
Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg."
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