<Tr> <Th> Languages </Th> <Td> English and French </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms at Wikisource </Td> </Tr> <P> The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe . Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953 . All Council of Europe member states are party to the Convention and new members are expected to ratify the convention at the earliest opportunity . </P> <P> The Convention established the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Any person who feels his or her rights have been violated under the Convention by a state party can take a case to the Court . Judgments finding violations are binding on the States concerned and they are obliged to execute them . The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors the execution of judgements, particularly to ensure payment of the amounts awarded by the Court to the applicants in compensation for the damage they have sustained . The compensations imposed under ECHR can be large; in 2014 Russia was ordered to pay in excess of $2 billion in damages to former shareholders of Yukos . </P>

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