The Public
Relations Unit of the European Court of Human Rights has published an ‘Overview
1959-2020’ containing important statistics regarding the work of the Court (and the European Commission of Human Rights) since its inception.
The Court has
so far decided on the examination of around one million applications. However,
only around 50.000 of them were delivered in a form of a judgment. The rest
were either declared inadmissible or were struck out. Around 40% of the Court
judgments concerned only three member States, namely Turkey, Russia, and Italy.
The most
violated human right has been the right to a fair trial. Almost 40% of all
violations found by the Court concerned Article 6. Nearly 30% of other
violations concerned the right to liberty and security, prohibition of torture
and the right to life.
The Overview
1959-2020 provides a brief history of the reform of the Court and other facts and figures regarding the work of the Court.
