Council of Europe: Ensuring the long-term effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights - NGO Comments on the Group of Wise Persons' Report

Council of Europe: Ensuring the long-term effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights - NGO Comments on the Group of Wise Persons' Report

This document sets out the views of Amnesty International, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, Justice, Liberty, Redress and The AIRE Centre on proposals by the Council of Europe's Group of Wise Persons aimed at ensuring the long-term effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights, in a manner which protects the basic philosophy underlying the European Convention on Human Rights (the ECHR). It also contains additional recommendations.