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The '''European Commission on Human Rights''' was a body set up in 1954 by the Council of Europe, to deal with cases under the [[European Convention on Human Rights]].

Individuals wishing to bring a case under the Convention had to apply to the Commission, which would decide whether or not the case should be submitted to the [[European Court of Human Rights]]. In 1998 the Commission was abolished by Protocol 11 to the Convention.

==LGBT history==

In the early days of the Commission, it rejected all applications from LGBT people. A breakthrough came in 1977 with [[X v the United Kingdom]] which the Commission declared admissible, although subsequently rejecting it.

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