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Inwhat situations and terms can one appeal to the European Court of Human Rights?

Complaints may only be filed with the ECtHR against States that have ratified the Convention or its protocol in question. The ECtHR only takes cognizance of a matter, with a few exceptions, after all internal appeals by States have been exhausted.

Any Member State may submit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) a violation of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols that it believes can be attributed to another State Party. The ECtHR may also receive complaints from natural persons (of any nationality), non-governmental organizations or groups of individuals who consider themselves victims of violation by any Member State of the rights recognized in the Convention or its protocols.

Complaints may only be filed with the ECtHR against States that have ratified the Convention or its protocol in question. The ECtHR only takes cognizance of a matter, with a few exceptions, after all domestic remedies in the Member States have been exhausted, in accordance with generally recognized principles of international law and within a period of six months from the date of the domestic decision. definitive. It is therefore imperative to exhaust all existing judicial remedies in the domestic legal order or demonstrate that the remedies in question were not effective, for example due to delays considered unreasonable