Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights

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Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an amending protocol that introduces procedural and structural reforms to the Convention system, including changes to the admissibility criteria and the role of subsidiarity and the margin of appreciation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe treaty ⓘ
amending protocol ⓘ
international human rights treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
affects selection criteria for judges of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
aimsTo clarify the margin of appreciation afforded to States ⓘ
improve the efficiency of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
strengthen the principle of subsidiarity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Protocol 15 to the ECHR ⓘ
amends European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
amendsArticle Article 21 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Article 30 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Article 32 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Article 35 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Preamble of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
appliesTo European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
category European Convention on Human Rights protocols ⓘ
linked to: ECHR protocols
changes time limit for lodging an application with the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
dateSigned 24 June 2013 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1 August 2021 ⓘ
guardianInstitution European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
introduces explicit reference to subsidiarity in the Preamble of the Convention ⓘ
explicit reference to the margin of appreciation in the Preamble of the Convention ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
lastRatifyingState Italy ⓘ
legalForm protocol to a convention ⓘ
legalStatus binding on States that have ratified it ⓘ
modifies admissibility criterion of significant disadvantage ⓘ
rules on relinquishment of jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber ⓘ
negotiatedWithin Council of Europe ⓘ
numberInSeries 15 ⓘ
partOf European Convention on Human Rights system ⓘ
purpose to streamline the Convention system and manage the Court’s caseload ⓘ
reducesTimeLimitFrom six months ⓘ
reducesTimeLimitTo four months ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
removes safeguard clause in the significant disadvantage admissibility test ⓘ
requiresRatificationBy all High Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
sets upper age limit of 65 years for candidates for judge at the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
shortens time limit for parties to object to relinquishment to the Grand Chamber ⓘ
signedAt Strasbourg ⓘ
subject admissibility criteria for applications ⓘ
margin of appreciation doctrine ⓘ
principle of subsidiarity ⓘ
procedural reform of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
structural reform of the European Convention on Human Rights system ⓘ

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European Convention on Human Rights → hasProtocol → Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Protocol 15 to the ECHR ⓘ
linked to: Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights
ECHR protocols → contains → Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ