Judgments and decisions
HUDOC database
All the Court’s judgments and a large selection of decisions, information on communicated cases, advisory opinions, press releases, legal summaries and Commission decisions and reports are published in the HUDOC database.
Selection of key cases
Lists of judgments, decisions, advisory opinions
The ‘Case-law references of judgments, advisory opinions and published decisions’ is a master list of all judgments, advisory opinions and decisions that have been published or selected for publication in the Court’s official series.
Mode of citation
This document, updated in August 2018, explains the mode of citation and how to refer to the judgments and decisions of the Court.
Inter-State applications
Most applications before the Court are individual applications lodged by private persons. A State may also lodge an application against another State Party to the Convention; this is called an inter-State application.
Case-law translations
Translations programme
With a view to making the Convention standards more accessible in Council of Europe member States, the Court has launched a case-law translation programme, including a first project launched with the support of the Human Rights Trust Fund (“HRTF”) as well as a separate one covering additional languages. In the context of this programme, over 25,000 texts - judgments, decisions and legal summaries - in thirty-one languages other than English and French have now been made available in HUDOC.
Project partners
Lists of local project partners and cases in which a translation has been requested
HELP Programme
The HELP Programme supports the Council of Europe member States in implementing the Convention at national level by enhancing the capacity of judges, lawyers and prosecutors to apply the Convention in their daily work.
The HELP website provides free on-line access to materials and tools for professional training on the Convention.