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THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN FACTS& FIGURES
2013
Facts & Figures - 2013
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The Court’s statistics for 2013
Pending allocated cases
Approximately 99,900 applications were pending before a judicial formation on 31 December 2013. More than half of these applications had been lodged against one of 4 countries: Russian Federation, Italy, Ukraine and Serbia.
on 31 December 2013
Slovenia Bulgaria Georgia UnitedKingdom
Romania Turkey Serbia Ukraine Italy RussianFederation
OtherStates
1.80% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
6.20%
11.00% 11.30%
13.30% 14.40%
16.80% 17.90%
This document has been prepared by the Public Relations Unit of the Court, and does not bind the Court. It is intended to provide basic general information about the way the Court works.
For more detailed information, please refer to documents issued by the Registry available on the Court’s website www.echr.coe.int
© European Court of Human Rights, January 2014
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Applications allocated to a judicial formation
Applications which are allocated to a judicial formation are those for which the Court has received a correctly completed form, accompanied by copies of relevant documents. These applications will be examined by a single judge, a Committee or by a Chamber of the Court. These figures do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file).
on 31 December 2013
Year 1999
Year 2000
Year 2001
Year 2002
Year 2003
Year 2004
Year 2005
Year 2006
Year 2007
Year 2008
Year 2009
Year 2010
Year 2011
Year 2012
Year 2013
8,400
10,500
13,800
28,200
27,200
32,500
35,400
39,350
41,700
49,850
57,100
61,300
64,400
65,200 65,900
Violation judgments by State in 2013
In 2013, almost half of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned 5 of the Council of Europe’s 47 member States: Russian Federation (129), Turkey (124), Romania (88), Ukraine (69) and Hungary (41). Of the total number of judgments delivered in 2013, the Court has found at least one violation of the Convention by the respondent State in 87% of the cases.
Since it was established in 1959, almost half of the judgments delivered by the Court concerned 5 member States: Turkey (2,994), Italy (2,268), Russian Federation (1,475), Poland (1,042) and Romania (1,026).
Italy Hungary Ukraine Romania Turkey RussianFederation
Other States
4.25% 4.58% 7.53%
9.60%
13.53% 14.08%
46.43%
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Subject-matter of the Court’s violation judgments in 2013
Nearly a third of the judgments in which the Court found a violation included a violation of Article 6 (Right to a fair trial), whether on account of the fairness or the length of the proceedings. Furthermore, about 50% of the violations found by the Court concern either Article 6 or Article 3 (Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment).
Lastly, more than 24% of the violations found by the Court concern the right to life or the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention).
Right to life (Art. 2) 6.12%
Protection of property
(P1-1) 7.80%
Right to an effective remedy (Art. 13)
8.82%
Other violations 12.79%
Right to liberty and security (Art. 5)
15.97%
Prohibition of torture and inhuman or
degrading treatment (Art. 3) 18.45%
Right to a fair trial (Art. 6) 30.05%
Judgments delivered by the Court
In recent years the Court has concentrated on examining complex cases and has decided to join certain applications which raise similar legal questions so that it can consider them jointly. Thus, although the number of judgments delivered each year is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, the Court has examined more applications.
In 2013, the Court delivered 916 judgments concerning 3,659 applications. A total of 93,397 applications were decided in 2013.
Years 1959-1998
Year 1999
Year 2000
Year 2001
Year 2002
Year 2003
Year 2004
Year 2005
Year 2006
Year 2007
Year 2008
Year 2009
Year 2010
Year 2011
Year 2012
Year 2013
837 177
695
888
844 703 718
1,105
1,560 1,503
1,543
1,625 1,499
1,157
1,093
916
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Simplified case-processing flow chart of the Court
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by ju
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orm
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Throughput of applications in 2013
Applications
allocated to a
judicial information
Applications
declared
inadmissible or
struck out
Applications in
which judgment was
delivered
Total number of
applications decided
2013 2013 2013 2013
Albania 106 48 9 57Andorra 2 6 0 6Armenia 196 195 2 197Austria 437 611 22 633Azerbaijan 325 284 13 297Belgium 270 253 9 262Bosnia and Herzegovina 871 1,019 26 1,045Bulgaria 1,209 2,552 26 2,578Croatia 1,842 2,047 24 2,071Cyprus 144 163 1 164Czech Republic 481 827 11 838Denmark 85 88 0 88Estonia 237 533 6 539Finland 315 300 3 303France 1,538 2,391 36 2,427Georgia 157 577 2 579Germany 1,528 3,033 7 3,040Greece 726 472 43 515Hungary 990 1,048 42 1,090Iceland 9 11 0 11Ireland 61 63 2 65Italy 3,184 2,872 76 2,948Latvia 322 307 10 317Liechtenstein 7 14 1 15Lithuania 428 416 12 428Luxembourg 38 31 2 33Malta 50 12 10 22Republic of Moldova 1,356 3,143 19 3,162Monaco 10 10 3 13Montenegro 293 342 3 345Netherlands 778 1,389 1 1,390Norway 148 115 4 119Poland 3,990 5,388 23 5,411Portugal 267 236 13 249Romania 5,422 7,697 166 7,863Russian Federation 12,330 23,845 257 24,102San Marino 4 1 0 1Serbia 5,061 3,685 193 3,878Slovak Republic 464 684 16 700Slovenia 495 896 25 921Spain 784 1,029 13 1,042Sweden 362 365 16 381Switzerland 445 1,197 13 1,210"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
539 850 9 859
Turkey 3,521 9,011 190 9,201Ukraine 13,152 8,049 2,281 10,330United Kingdom 912 1,633 19 1,652
TOTAL 65,891 89,738 3,659 93,397
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Violations by Article and by State1
2013
Total
number
of judg
ments
Judgmen
ts fin
ding a
t least
one vi
olation
Judgmen
ts fin
ding n
o violat
ion
Frien
dly se
ttlemen
ts/Str
iking-o
ut
Other ju
dgmen
ts2
Right
to life –
depri
vatio
n of li
fe
Lack
of effe
ctive i
nvestig
ation
Prohib
ition o
f tortu
re
Inhum
an or d
egrad
ing tre
atmen
t
Lack
of effe
ctive i
nvestig
ation
Conditio
nnal
violat
ions3
Prohib
ition o
f slav
ery/fo
rced l
abour
Right
to libert
y and
secu
rity
Right
to a fai
r trial
4
Length
of proce
eding
s
Non-enfo
rcemen
t
No punis
hmen
t with
out law
Right
to respe
ct for p
rivate
and f
amily
life4
Freed
om of thou
ght, c
onscien
ce & re
ligion
Freed
om of expr
ession
Freed
om of asse
mbly an
d asso
ciatio
n
Right
to marr
y
Right
to an ef
fective
remed
y
Prohib
ition o
f disc
rimina
tion
Protec
tion o
f prope
rty
Right
to educ
ation
Right
to free e
lectio
ns
Right
not to
be tri
ed or p
unish
ed tw
ice
Other A
rticles
of the C
onventi
on
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
l2
23
33
34
56
66
78
910
1112
1314
P1-1
P1-2
P1-3
P1-4
Mal
ta1 0
51
41
61
11
Repu
blic
of M
oldo
va1 9
181
12
88
15
34
23
Mon
aco
11
2M
onte
negr
o3
32
2N
ethe
rland
s1
1N
orwa
y3
21
11
Pola
nd2 3
148
11
28
23
1Po
rtuga
l1 1
116
12
22
Rom
ania
8 883
23
14
294
1819
111
111
32
13
3Ru
ssia
n Fe
dera
tion
1 29
119
91
1515
749
162
6325
78
118
22
3014
11
10Sa
n M
arin
o0
Serb
ia2 4
213
22
141
11
13Sl
ovak
Rep
ublic
1 616
11
121
15
Slov
enia
2 524
12
202
20Sp
ain
1 27
41
15
11
1Sw
eden
1 63
121
12
1Sw
itzer
land
1 39
41
12
14
1"T
he fo
rmer
Yug
osla
v Re
publ
ic
of M
aced
onia
"9
93
55
11
1
Turk
ey1 2
411
83
311
1718
1935
1532
31
94
65
51
1U
krai
ne6 9
653
14
83
2310
2819
1115
17
220
120
5U
nite
d Ki
ngdo
m13
85
21
13
1
Sub-
Tota
l79
796
521
3351
1116
367
120
219
166
177
697
746
3210
012
121
107
02
122
Tota
l91
6*
1. T
his
tabl
e ha
s be
en g
ener
ated
aut
omat
ical
ly, u
sing
the
con
clus
ions
rec
orde
d in
the
met
adat
a fo
r ea
ch ju
dgm
ent
cont
aine
d in
HU
DO
C, t
he C
ourt
’s ca
se-la
w d
atab
ase.
2. O
ther
judg
men
ts: j
ust
satis
fact
ion,
rev
isio
n, p
relim
inar
y ob
ject
ions
and
lack
of j
uris
dict
ion.
3. C
ases
in w
hich
the
Cou
rt h
eld
ther
e w
ould
be
a vi
olat
ion
of A
rtic
le 3
if t
he a
pplic
ant
was
rem
oved
to
a St
ate
whe
re h
e/sh
e w
as a
t ri
sk o
f ill-
trea
tmen
t.4.
Fig
ures
in t
his
colu
mn
may
incl
ude
cond
ition
al v
iola
tions
.*
Som
e ju
dgm
ents
are
aga
inst
mor
e th
an o
ne S
tate
: Alb
ania
and
Ital
y; R
oman
ia a
nd It
aly;
and
Pol
and
and
Gre
ece.
Violations by Article and by State1
2013
Total
numbe
r of ju
dgmen
ts
Judg
ments
findin
g at le
ast o
ne vi
olatio
n
Judg
ments
findin
g no v
iolati
on
Frien
dly se
ttlemen
ts/Str
iking
-out
Other ju
dgmen
ts2
Right
to life
– de
priva
tion o
f life
Lack
of ef
fectiv
e inv
estiga
tion
Prohib
ition o
f tortu
re
Inhum
an or
degra
ding t
reatm
ent
Lack
of ef
fectiv
e inv
estiga
tion
Condit
ionna
l viol
ation
s3
Prohib
ition o
f slav
ery/fo
rced l
abou
r
Right
to lib
erty a
nd se
curity
Right
to a f
air tri
al4
Leng
th of
proce
eding
s
Non-en
force
ment
No pun
ishmen
t with
out la
w
Right
to res
pect
for pr
ivate
and f
amily
life4
Freed
om of
thou
ght, c
onsci
ence
& re
ligion
Freed
om of
expre
ssion
Freed
om of
assem
bly an
d asso
ciatio
n
Right
to marr
y
Right
to an
effec
tive r
emed
y
Prohib
ition o
f disc
rimina
tion
Protec
tion o
f prop
erty
Right
to ed
ucati
on
Right
to fre
e elec
tions
Right
not to
be tri
ed or
punis
hed t
wice
Other A
rticles
of th
e Con
venti
on
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
l2
23
33
34
56
66
78
910
1112
1314
P1-1
P1-2
P1-3
P1-4
Alba
nia
84
31
11
31
22
1An
dorr
a0
Arm
enia
21
11
Aust
ria1 5
105
14
21
32
Azer
baid
jan
88
41
52
11
2Be
lgiu
m9
62
11
61
Bosn
ia H
erze
govi
na7
71
91
9Bu
lgar
ia2 6
251
12
210
93
22
16
52
Cro
atia
2 422
23
103
25
11
12
Cyp
rus
11
22
Cze
ch R
epub
lic1 1
82
11
12
41
1D
enm
ark
0Es
toni
a6
51
21
3Fi
nlan
d3
32
1Fr
ance
3 628
71
27
45
43
21
Geo
rgia
22
2G
erm
any
63
32
11
Gre
ece
3 832
33
87
212
11
93
2H
unga
ry42
402
310
125
32
32
31
Icel
and
0Ire
land
21
11
1Ita
ly3 9
342
32
716
41
42
11
13La
tvia
1 010
33
62
11
1Li
echt
enst
ein
11
Lith
uani
a1 2
102
11
12
21
11
4Lu
xem
bour
g2
11
11
1
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