The European Commission of Human Rights was a special body of the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

. From 1954 to the entry into force of Protocol 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights, individuals did not have direct access to the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a ...

; they had to apply to the commission, which if it found the case to be well-founded would launch a case in the Court on the individual's behalf. Protocol 11 which came into force in 1998 abolished the commission, enlarged the Court, and allowed individuals to take cases directly to it.

List of cases

Greek case In September 1967, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands brought the Greek case to the European Commission of Human Rights, alleging violations of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) by the Greek junta, which had taken power ea ...

References

* Arthur W. Diamond Law Librar
The European Human Rights System and the European Court of Human Rights. Research GuideFull list of members
(pp. 211–213) Intergovernmental human rights organizations Commission of Human Rights European Convention on Human Rights European Commission of Human Rights {{Europe-org-stub