EFFICIENCY OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS : PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT OF THE GROUP OF WISE PERSONS
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13:27 05/12/06
The Council of Europe has made public the report of the Group of
Wise Persons, set up during the Warsaw Summit (May 2005) to examine
the long-term efficiency of the control mechanism of the European
Convention on Human Rights.
Under the chairmanship of Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, the Group
has made proposals on how to tackle the backlog of pending cases
(around 89 000 at the end of September 2006).
The Chair of the Wise Persons" Group will present his report to the
Ministers" deputies on January 17th 2007.
In March 2007, a colloquy, organised in San Marino, which currently
holds the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, will provide
an opportunity to launch a multilateral debate on the Court"s future
development in the light of the report.
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