European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights is a court set up under the European Convention on Human Rights to hear complaints that sates who are signatories to the Convention have violated someone's human rights. It sits in Strasbourg, France. All 47 members of the Council of Europe have signed the Convention.

Note: the Court has no connection with the European Court of Justice, which is the highest court of the European Union. However all 27 members of the European Union are members of the Council of Europe.