High Level Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights: Brighton Declaration
| DOI | 10.1177/016934411203000307 |
| Date | 01 September 2012 |
| Published date | 01 September 2012 |
| Subject Matter | Part C: Appendices |
Netherlands Q uarterly of Human R ights, Vol. 30/3, 349–362, 2012.
© Netherlands I nstitute of Human Ri ghts (SIM), Printed in the Net herlands. 349
PART C: APPENDICES
HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE
OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN
RIGHTS: BRIGHTON DECLARATION
e High Level Conference meeti ng at Brighton on 19 and 20 April 2012 at the
initiative of the United Ki ngdom Chairmanship of the Committee of M inisters of the
Council of Europe (“the Conference”) decla res as follows:
1. e States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) rear m their deep and abiding
commitment to the Convention, and to the fu llment of their obligation under
the Convention to secure to everyone within their jurisd iction the rights and
freedoms dened in the C onvention.
2. e States Parties also rearm t heir attachment to the right of individual
application to the European Cou rt of Human Rights (“the Cou rt”) as a cornerstone
of the system for protecting the rights and freedoms set forth in the Convention.
e Court has made an ex traordinary contribution to the protection of human
rights in Europe for over 50 years.
3. e States Parties and the Court share responsibilit y for realising the eect ive
implementation of the Convention, underpinned by the f undamental principle of
subsidiarity. e Convention was concluded on the basis, inter alia , of the sovereign
equality of States. St ates Parties must respect the rights a nd freedoms guaranteed
by the Convention, and must eectively resolve violations at the national level.
e Court acts as a sa feguard for violations that have not been remedied at the
national level. Where the Cou rt nds a violation, States Parties must abide by the
nal judgment of the Cour t.
4. e States Parties a nd the Court also share responsibil ity for ensuring the viabil ity
of the Convention mechanism. e States Par ties are determined to work in
partnership wit h the Court to achieve t his, drawing a lso on the important work
of the Committee of Mi nisters and the Parliamentary As sembly of the Council of
Europe as well as the Com missioner for Human Rights a nd the other institutions
and bodies of the Counci l of Europe, and working in a spirit of co-operation wit h
civil societ y and National Human Rights Institut ions.
5. e High Level Conference at Interlaken (“the Interlaken Conference”) in
its Declaration of 19 February 2010 noted with deep concern that the decit
between applications introduced a nd applications disposed of continued to
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