European Court of European Court of Human RightsHuman Rights

European Court of Human Rights: European Court of Human Rights: Reports of JudgmentsReports of Judgments

Official Reports Official Reports Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered

consecutively. Citation looks like:consecutively. Citation looks like: Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139 (1988) Series A no 139

After 1 Nov 1998 - Renamed After 1 Nov 1998 - Renamed Reports of Judgments and Reports of Judgments and DecisionsDecisions. Citation looks like:. Citation looks like:Osman v UK Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124ECHR 1998-VIII 3124

Available online on Available online on JustisJustis / in print at Internat 121 / in print at Internat 121 European Human Rights ReportsEuropean Human Rights Reports (EHRR) (EHRR)

Reputable publication as an alternative to the official reportsReputable publication as an alternative to the official reports Citation looks like: Citation looks like: Young, James and Webster v UK Young, James and Webster v UK (App no (App no

7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 Available online on Available online on WestlawWestlaw or in print at Internat 150 or in print at Internat 150

ECHR: TranscriptsECHR: Transcripts

Court Transcripts are available on Court Transcripts are available on Court web site (HUDOC) @ Court web site (HUDOC) @ http://http://

www.echr.coe.int/echrwww.echr.coe.int/echr WorldliiWorldlii Netherlands Institute of Human RightsNetherlands Institute of Human Rights

Choose “Advanced Search” for more options

Westlaw “UK Cases” includes European Court of Human Rights Reports (all ECHR judgments and selected commission decisions)

Searches full text of all judgments (use for subject searching)

Searches party names

Searches for cases by legislation considered. E.g. European Convention on Human Rights article 3.

Full text of the case

Related information including:•List of reports of the case•Summary of the issues•Legislation considered in the judgment•Earlier cases considered in the judgment•Later cases which have considered this judgment•Commentary on the judgment

e.g. searching for ECHR cases on the death penalty

ECHR web siteECHR web site

http://http://www.echr.coe.intwww.echr.coe.int// Basic Documents and texts of the courtBasic Documents and texts of the court Database of transcripts of judgments and Database of transcripts of judgments and

commission decisionscommission decisions To go direct to the transcripts database To go direct to the transcripts database

http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/

Transcripts database

European Convention on Human Rights and additional protocols

History, organization, composition, procedures etc

To search decisions of the European Commission (ceased 1999) open up decisions box. Note not all commission decisions are available.

Use … to browse a thesaurus of terms

Make sure the “from” field is not filled in when you open up the database

HUDOC - Transcripts

Some judgments are only available on one language

Full text

Analytical information including dates, party names, who the case was referred by, Strasbourg case law cited, keywords, durable URL

Keywords in context – finds your keywords and displays

surrounding text

Links to related information