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Part X: Court of Human Rights

72. A.
“There is hereby established a European Court of Human Rights. The Court shall be constituted and shall function in accordance with the Articles contained in this Part and in the annexed Statute of the Court which forms an integral part of this Treaty.
72 B.
“The Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all disputes concerning the rights of citizenship and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms provided for in this Treaty or in any Statute made under this Treaty. Subject to such conditions and restrictions as shall be contained in the Statute of the Court, the [Page 671] jurisdiction of the Court shall be both original and appellate, and shall also extend to questions of interpretation arising in such disputes as are brought before administrative tribunals or administrative authorities.
72 C.
“The appellate jurisdiction shall extend to appeals from all decisions of the courts of the States bound by the obligations contained in Article 13 and 14 of this Treaty, in which any question arises as to the rights of citizenship or the enjoyment of human rights, or fundamental freedoms.
72 D.
“The Court shall be open to any person or group of persons resident in Italy or in the territories ceded by Italy to other States. It shall also be open to any of the States signatories to this Treaty.
72 E.
“Each of the States referred to in Article 72 D. and its instrumentalities shall comply with the judgment of the Court in any case to which the State is a party and with any order which the Court may make against it.
72 F.
“Any judgment or order made by the Court in favour of any person or group of persons within the jurisdiction of any such States shall be fully effective according to its terms and the State or States affected by the judgment or order undertake to enforce it accordingly.
72 G.
“Each of the States bound by the obligations contained in Articles 13 and 14 of this Treaty undertakes that the provisions contained in Articles 72 A. to 72 F. shall be recognized as fundamental laws and that no law, regulation or official action conflict or interfere with these provisions, nor shall any law, regulation or official action prevail over them.
72 H.
“The Court shall also have jurisdiction, both original and appellate, to hear and determine disputes concerning such rights of citizenship and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms as shall be provided for in the treaties of peace which will be made by any of the Allied and Associated Powers with Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland, Austria or Germany.
72 I.
“The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges, selected according to the standards laid down by the Charter of the United Nations for the election of judges of the International Court of Justice.
72 J.
“The Court shall consist of not less than three members appointed in the manner set out in the annexed Statute of the Court.
72 K.
“The Court shall make an annual report to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on the working of the Court in relation to the rights and freedoms within its jurisdiction. The Court may also make other reports to that Council if and when it thinks proper to do so.”
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Similar provisions in Treaties with:

  • —Roumania;
  • —Bulgaria;
  • —Hungary;
  • —Finland.