The "Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as Amended by Protocol No. 11" (ECHR) has been published by the Council of Europe as No. 5 in the « European Treaty Series » (ETS). The English and French texts of the Convention are authentic :
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EVOLUTION OF THE CONVENTION

On 4 November 1950 the "Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms", better known as the "European Convention on Human Rights" was signed in Rome by member States of the Council of Europe. After 10 countries had ratified it, the Convention entered into force on 3 September 1953.

 

The official original text is published in :

 

	Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Protocol = Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales et Protocole additionnel. - [Strasbourg] : [Council of Europe], [1950]. - European Treaty Series, no. 5. - 43 p.
	European Conventions and Agreements = Conventions et accords européenns : Volume I, 1949-1961 / Council of Europe. - Strasbourg : Council of Europe, 1971. - p. 21-39

 

 

The Convention has been amended by further Protocols (P) :

 

 

No. P.	Signature	Place	Entry in force	Additional rights	ETS No.	Notes
(1)	20.03.1952	Paris	18.05.1954	property, etc.	009	also called 1st P
2	06.05.1963	Strasbourg	21.09.1970	advisory opinions	044	replaced by P 11
3	06.05.1963	Strasbourg	21.09.1970	amended Art. 29, 30, 34	045	replaced by P 11
4	16.09.1963	Strasbourg	02.05.1968	freedom of movement	046	1) original text 2) amended by P 11
5	20.01.1966	Strasbourg	20.12.1971	amended Art 22, 40	055	replaced by P 11
6	28.04.1983	Strasbourg	01.03.1985	abolition of the death penalty	114
7	22.11.1984	Strasbourg	01.11.1988	ne bis in idem	117	1) original text 2) amended by P 11
8	19.03.1985	Vienna	01.01.1990	Commission	118	replaced by P 11
9	06.11.1990	Rome	01.01.1994	cases submitted directly to Court	140	repealed by P 11
10	25.03.1992	Basel	-	Art. 32 § 1	146	repealed by P 11
11	11.05.1994	Strasbourg	01.11.1998	single Court	155	Protocol of reforms
12	04.11.2000	Rome	-	discrimination	177
13	03.05.2002	Vilnius	01.07.2003	abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances	187
14	13.05.2004	Strasbourg	-	control system of the Convention	194	Protocol of reforms

 

 

Over the last 50 years additional protocols have been repealed, integrated into the Convention or replaced, and today, the text of the ECHR contains the basic version as amended by Protocol 11 and 6 other protocols : the Additional Protocol (also called "Protocol No. 1") and Protocols Nos. 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13.

The official texts are published in the "European Treaty Series" (ETS) of the Council of Europe under the numbers ETS 009, 046, 117, 155, 177 and 187.

 

The complete text of the Convention and its Protocols can be found on the Council of Europe's Treaty database. A search by ETS number will retrieve the text in the two official languages as well as details such as the dates of signature and ratification by different countries, reservations, etc. There is no charge to use this database.

 

 

Please find below unofficial translations of the Convention in other languages :