Longer-term future of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights.
The Council of Europe’s Committee of experts on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights (DH-GDR) is holding an open call for information, proposals and views on the issue of the longer-term reform of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights.
The consultation is intended to be open and inclusive, allowing questions to be raised and examined concerning all aspects of the Convention system and the Court.
The results of this work will eventually be included in a report of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), to be submitted by 15 April 2015 to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
The consultation process is open to everyone, subject to certain basic procedural requirements, set out in the submission form.
The deadline for submitting contributions is mid-day (12 pm French local time – 11 am UK time) on Monday 27 January 2014. Contributions received after that will not be taken into account.
You can find out more information, view a podcast on the consultation and download the submission form at http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/cddh/reformechr/consultation_en.asp
The British Institute of Human Rights has produced a briefing on the consultation at http://www.bihr.org.uk/news/bihr-briefing-on-echr-consultation.