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These flow chart indicates the progress of a case through the different judicial formations. In the interests of readability, it does not include certain stages in the procedure – such as communication of an application to the respondent State, consideration of a re-hearing request by the Panel of the Grand Chamber and friendly settlement negotiations. |
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The life of an application (simplified diagram) |
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Simplified case-processing flow chart before the Court |
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These flow chart indicates the progress of a case by judicial formation. |
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Simplified diagram
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Filtering section
The Filtering Section was set up in January 2011 as an initiative following the Interlaken Conference, which invited the Court to introduce a filtering system in the Registry.
Filtering section - progress report
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Priority policy
In 2009, the Court has adopted a new policy concerning the order in which it deals with cases. According to this policy the Court take into consideration the importance and urgency of the issues raised when deciding the order in which cases are to be dealt with. Thus, the most serious cases and cases which disclose the existence of widespread problems will be dealt with more rapidly.
Priority policy
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Pilot judgment procedure
Over the past few years the Court has developed a new procedure to cater for the massive influx of applications concerning similar issues, also known as “systemic or structural issues” – i.e. those that arise from the non-conformity of domestic law with the Convention as regards the exercise of a particular right. The Court has thus recently been implementing a procedure that consists of examining one or more applications of this kind, whilst adjourning its examination of similar cases. When it delivers its judgment in the pilot case, it calls on the Government concerned to bring the domestic legislation into line with the Convention and indicates the general measures to be taken. It will then proceed to dispose of the adjourned similar cases in the light of the terms of the pilot judgment.
Rule 61: Pilot judgment procedure (entry into force 1st April 2011)
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Unilateral declarations
In a case before the Court, where a friendly settlement procedure has been unsuccessful, the respondent Government may make a declaration acknowledging the violation of the Convention and undertaking to provide the applicant with redress.
Unilateral declarations
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