THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

IN FACTS AND FIGURES 2011

THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN FACTS AND FIGURES

Facts and figures 2011

Courts statistics for 2011

Pending allocated cases
Approximately 151,600 applications were pending before a judicial formation on 1 January 2012. More than half of these applications had been lodged against one of four countries: Russia, Turkey, Italy and Romania.

on 1 January 2012

10,5 % Turkey 9,1 %

26,6 % Russia 28,1 %

Italy

8,1 % Romania 6,8 % 4,5 % 4,2 %

Ukraine

6,34 %

Serbia Poland

2,8 % Republic of Moldova

This document, including the Table of violation by Article and by State, has been prepared by the Public Relations Unit of the Court, and does not bind the Court. It is intended to provide basic general information about the way the Court works. For more detailed information, please refer to documents issued by the Registry available on the Courts website www.echr.coe.int European Court of Human Rights, January 2012

2,7 % Bulgaria 2,4 % United Kingdom 22,3 % Other States

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Facts and figures 2011

Violation judgments by State

In 2011, more than a third of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned four of the Council of Europes forty-seven member States: Turkey (174), Russia (133), Ukraine (105) and Greece (73). Of the total number of judgments it has delivered in 2011, in over 85% of cases the Court has found at least one violation of the Convention by the respondent State.

Applications allocated to a judicial formation

Applications which are allocated to a judicial formation are those for which the Court has received a correctly completed form, accompanied by copies of relevant documents. These applications will be examined by a Committee or by a Chamber of the Court. These figures do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file).

on 1 January 2012 15,04 % Turkey 11,50 % 9,08 % Ukraine 6,3 % Greece

70 000
61,300

64,500

Russia

60 000 50 000 40 000

64,38 % 58,08 %
32,500 49,900 45,000 39,400 35,400 41,700

57,100

Other States

30 000 20 000 10 000 0

8,400 10,500

28,200

27,200

13,800

Since it was established in 1959, near the half of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned four member States: Turkey (2,747), Italy (2,166), Russia (1,212) and Poland (945).

1955- 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1998

2004 2005

2006 2007 2008

2009

2010

2011

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Facts and figures 2011

Judgments delivered by the Court

Since the reform of the Convention system on 1 November 1998, there has been a considerable increase in the Courts caseload. Barely ten years after the reform, the Court delivered its 10,000th judgment. Its output is such that more than 91% of the Courts judgments since its creation in 1959 have been delivered between 1998 and 2011. In recent years the Court has concentrated on examining complex cases and has decided to join certain applications which raise similar legal questions so that it can consider them jointly. Thus, although the number of judgments delivered each year is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, the Court has examined more applications. In 2011, the Court delivered 1,157 judgments concerning 1,511 applications. Atotal of 52,188 applications were decided in 2011.

Subject-matter of the Courts violation judgments in 2011

More than a third of the judgments in which the Court found a violation included a violation of Article 6, whether on account of the fairness or the length of the proceedings. Furthermore, 49% of violations found by the Court concern Article6 and Article 3 (Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment). Lastly, more than 23% of violations found by the Court concern the right to life or the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention).

8,42 %

Right to life (Art. 2) 15,10 % Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Art. 3)

13,73 % Right to liberty and security (Art. 5)

2 000
33,72 % Right to a fair trial (Art. 6)
1,560 1,543 1,625 1,499 1,157

1 500
1 105

1,503

9,84 % Right to an effective remedy (Art. 13) 14,59 % Protection of property (P1-1) 4,60 % Other violations

1 000

837 695

888

844 703

718

500
177

1959- 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998

2003 2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009 2010 2011

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Facts and figures 2011

Throughput of applications in 2011

Applications allocated to a judicial formation Applications declared inadmissible or struck out Application in which judgments delivered Total number of applications decided

Simplified case-processing flow chart of the Court

JUDGMENT ON THE ADMISSIBILITY AND THE MERIT COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS JUDGMENT ON THE ADMISSIBILITY AND THE MERIT JUDGMENT ON THE MERIT
Relinquishment Referral

2011 Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Republic of Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

2011 46 4 144 334 62 265 410 543 1 014 588 43 99 229 485 1 485 160 1 095 179 224 14
77

2011 5 0 5 18 25 9 33 73 49 29 3 6 3 7 32 4 46 73 34 0
2

2011 51 4 149 352 87 274 443 616 1 063 617 46 105 232 492 1 517 164 1 141 252 258 14

INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS

Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Total of applications

64 547

50 677

1 511

52 188

10

INADMISSIBILITY DECISION

SINGLE JUDGE

INADMISSIBILITY DECISION

Referral

4 733 291 9 305 24 21 1 025 8 318 798 154 5 035 163 5 207 14 465 0 3 730 553 426 808 1 899 357 376 8 702 4 621 1 553

556 300 10 152 66 6 550 14 135 485 102 5 038 123 4 585 12 223 3 449 694 517 871 2 586 130 380 7 527 4 647 1 028

84 12 0 10 3 13 42 0 8 6 1 72 48 105 199 1 12 21 16 15 4 11 6 229 107 30

640 312 10 162 69 19 592 14 143 491 103 5 110 171 4 690 12 422 4 461 715 533 886 2 590 141 386 7 756 4 754 1 058

ADMISSIBILITY DECISION

CHAMBER

JUDGMENT

GRAND CHAMBER

Referral

54

79

Relinquishment

85 8 173 386 532 256 509 1 206 1 192 523 69 111 346 433 1 600 395 1 754 668 656 10

COMMITTEE

INADMISSIBILITY DECISION

11

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Facts and figures 2011

Violations by Article and by State

6 2 1 1 2

Violations by Article and by State

1 4 2 * One judgment concerns: Italy & France, Greece & Belgium, Montenegro & Serbia (2 judgments), Poland & Germany, France & Belgium, Russia & Republic of Moldova, Switzerland & Turkey ** Other judgments: just satisfaction, revision judgments, preliminary objections and lack of jurisdiction

Violations by Article and by State

Violations by Article and by State

Total Total Total Total Total

Total Total Total Total Total

Bosnia Herzegovina

Republic of Moldova

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malte

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium

United Kingdom

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o iking / Str

Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland

31 29 0 5 5 6 4 1 1 71 54 31 27 68 58 133 121 1 12 8 21 19 12 11 12 9 4 11 3 6 6 174 159 105 105 19 8 Turkey Ukraine

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5 0 5 12 9 9 5 62 25 2 22 6 3 7 33 4 41 73 34 0 2 45 12 0 10 3 13

2 7 9 7 3 52 23 1 19 1 3 5 23 3 31 69 33

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2 34 10

9 1 9

16 3 3 10 1 2 2 1 2 4 8

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1 2 8 2 1 1 5

1 4

9 1 9 2

3 2

2 3

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2011

2011

Sub-total

12

Total

9 2 987 122 4 1 157*

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P7-4

P7-4

P1-3

P1-3

P1-2

P1-2

1 8 10 26

37 8 1 3 7 6 9 1 4 1 1 2 2 31 2 37 9 6 2 13 1 1 1 12 1 2

14

14

1 1

10 4 58

12

12

1 2

11

11

10

10

6 18

1 1

6 22

3 53

1 1 7 2

52

2 1

1 2 1

70

2 7 5 90

8 58

4 2

1 2

2 36 3 15 2 15 183

1 10 3

20 62

3 3

89

3 4

38 42 1 0 261

2 6 2 10 5

2 17

16

2 68

8 8 5

3 2 30 53 21 66 3 1 211 341

21 3 1 2

19 50 19

2 16 1

15 13 10 13

2 2

13

11

14 1 9 40

2 8

7 2

6 4

3 1 3

1 1

4 2 1 4

3 5 6 1

89

14

1 3

9 3 1 5 126

1 8 2 8 56

5 4

2 1

2 2

2 1 2

2 2

1 2 2 2

6 3 1 32

1 2

2 3 1 1

12

0 187

26 1

13

10 32 1

13

7 155

P1-1

P1-1

13

2 7 2

1 4

18

1 4 2

1 19

13

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