<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR; French: Cour européenne des droits de l'homme) is a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights . The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the Convention and its protocols . </P> <P> An application can be lodged by an individual, a group of individuals, or one or more of the other contracting states . Aside from judgments, the Court can also issue advisory opinions . The Convention was adopted within the context of the Council of Europe, and all of its 47 member states are contracting parties to the Convention . The Court is based in Strasbourg, France . </P> <P> The Court was established on 21 January 1959 on the basis of Article 19 of the European Convention on Human Rights when its first members were elected by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe . The Convention charges the Court with ensuring the observance of the engagement undertaken by the contracting states in relation to the Convention and its protocols, that is ensuring the enforcement and implementation of the European Convention in the member states of the Council of Europe . </P>

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