Library of the Court - Travaux preparatoires of the Convention

"TRAVAUX PRéPARATOIRES" OF THE CONVENTION (ECHR)

The "Travaux préparatoires" contain the various documents that were produced during the drafting of the Convention and its first Protocol, reports of discussions in the Assembly and its Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions and in the Committee of Ministers and certain of its committees of experts.

1. - ONLINE VERSION - gives full text access to the documents listed below.

Convention (Section 1 - Rights and freedoms)

Article

Subject

Document

number

Language

Preamble

Introduction

non-existant

-

1

Obligation to respect human rights

Cour(77)9

eng / fre

2

Right to life

non-existant

-

3

Prohibition of torture

DH(56)5

CDH(70)9

CDH(77)3

eng / fre

bilingual

bilingual

4

Prohibition of slavery and forced labour

DH(62)10
CDH(70)5

bilingual

bilingual

5

Right to liberty and security

DH(56)10

CDH(67)10

eng / fre

bilingual

6

Right to a fair trial

DH(56)11

CDH(68)3

eng / fre

bilingual (1, 2)

7

No punishment without law

DH(57)6

CDH(70)10

bilingual

bilingual

8

Right to respect for private and family life

DH(56)12

CDH(67)5

eng / fre

bilingual

9

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

DH(56)14

eng / fre

10

Freedom of expression

DH(56)15

CDH(75)6

eng / fre

bilingual

11

Freedom of assembly and association

DH(56)16

CDH(74)39

eng / fre

bilingual

12

Right to marry

non-existant

-

13

Right to an effective remedy

DH(57)5

CDH(70)8

bilingual

bilingual

14

Prohibition of discrimination

CDH(67)3

bilingual

15

Derogation in time of emergency

DH(56)4

CDH(77)5

eng / fre

bilingual

16

Restrictions on the political activities of aliens

CDH(67)4

bilingual

17

Prohibition of abuse of rights

DH(57)4

CDH(75)7

bilingual

bilingual

18

Limitation on use of restrictions on rights

CDH(75)11

bilingual

Protocols amending the Convention

Protocol	Subject	Document number	Language
P1-1	Protection of property	CDH(76)36	eng / fre
P1-2	Right to education	CDH(67)2	bilingual
P1-3	Right to free elections	Cour(86)36	bilingual
P2	Competence to give advisory opinions	Coll. edition	eng / fre
P3	Amends articles 29,30 and 34	Coll. edition	bilingual
P4	Secures certain rights and freedoms other than those already in the Convention and first Protocol	Coll. edition	bilingual

The Travaux Préparatoires documents are internal working documents of the Registry which were produced at a certain time and for a certain purpose. There is no guarantee of their completeness and they should not be cited. The information they contain should be cross-checked against the published work in 8 volumes which is the official version of the Travaux Préparatoires. Citations should be made to this work.

2. - PRINT VERSION - has the following bibliographic reference:

Collected edition of the "Travaux préparatoires" of the European Convention on Human Rights / Council of Europe = Recueil des travaux préparatoires de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme / Conseil de l'Europe. - The Hague ; Boston ; London ; Dordrecht ; Lancaster : Martinus Nijhoff, 1975-1985. – 8 vols.

· Vol.1. Preparatory Commission of the Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Consultative Assembly (11 May - 8 September 1949). - The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, 1975

· Vol.2. Consultative Assembly, second session of the Committee of Ministers, Standing Committee of the Assembly (10 August - 18 November 1949). - The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, 1975

· Vol.3. Committee of Experts (2 February - 10 March 1950). - The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, 1976

· Vol.4. Committee of Experts - Committee of Ministers Conference of Senior Officials (30 March - 17 June 1950). - The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, 1977

· Vol.5. Legal Committee, Ad Hoc Joint Committee, Committee of Ministers, Consultative Assembly (23 June - 28 August 1950). - The Hague ; Boston ; London : Martinus Nijhoff, 1979

· Vol.6. Consultative Assembly. - Dordrecht ; Boston ; Lancaster : Martinus Nijhoff, 1985

· Vol.7. Standing Committee of the Consultative Assembly, Consultative Assembly, Committee of Experts, Committee of Ministers, Legal Committee (3 November 1950 - 15 May 1951). - Dordrecht ; Boston ; Lancaster : Martinus Nijhoff, 1985

· Vol.8. Consultative Assembly, Committee of Experts, Committee of Ministers, Legal Committee, advisers to the Ministers (1 October 1951 - 20 March 1952). - Dordrecht ; Boston ; Lancaster : Martinus Nijhoff, 1985

Article	Subject	Document number	Language
Preamble	Introduction	non-existant	-
1	Obligation to respect human rights	Cour(77)9	eng / fre
2	Right to life	non-existant	-
3	Prohibition of torture	DH(56)5 CDH(70)9 CDH(77)3	eng / fre bilingual bilingual
4	Prohibition of slavery and forced labour	DH(62)10 CDH(70)5	bilingual bilingual
5	Right to liberty and security	DH(56)10 CDH(67)10	eng / fre bilingual
6	Right to a fair trial	DH(56)11 CDH(68)3	eng / fre bilingual (1, 2)
7	No punishment without law	DH(57)6 CDH(70)10	bilingual bilingual
8	Right to respect for private and family life	DH(56)12 CDH(67)5	eng / fre bilingual
9	Freedom of thought, conscience and religion	DH(56)14	eng / fre
10	Freedom of expression	DH(56)15 CDH(75)6	eng / fre bilingual
11	Freedom of assembly and association	DH(56)16 CDH(74)39	eng / fre bilingual
12	Right to marry	non-existant	-
13	Right to an effective remedy	DH(57)5 CDH(70)8	bilingual bilingual
14	Prohibition of discrimination	CDH(67)3	bilingual
15	Derogation in time of emergency	DH(56)4 CDH(77)5	eng / fre bilingual
16	Restrictions on the political activities of aliens	CDH(67)4	bilingual
17	Prohibition of abuse of rights	DH(57)4 CDH(75)7	bilingual bilingual
18	Limitation on use of restrictions on rights	CDH(75)11	bilingual