European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights   (Court)
Abbreviation	ECHR
Formation	21 January 1959
Parent organization	Council of Europe
Type	legal
Staff	2,200

Background

This was set up to enforce the European Convention on Human Rights.

Cases

In 2014 Privacy International brought a legal challenge to demand that the UKUSA agreement be publicised.

Torture of Abu Zubaydah

On July 24, 2014 the ECHR ordered the Polish government to pay Abu Zubaydah €100,000 in damages and €30,000 in costs after it allowed the CIA to hold and torture Zubaydah on its territory in 2002–2003. Zubaydah said through his US lawyer that he would be donating the full €100,000 in damages to victims of torture.

 

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