{"id":2424,"date":"2018-09-03T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.ombudsman.hr\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T12:09:57","slug":"a-safety-net-for-the-people-of-europe-65-years-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/a-safety-net-for-the-people-of-europe-65-years-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA safety net for the people of Europe\u201d: 65 years of the European Convention on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/conventions\/full-list\/-\/conventions\/treaty\/005\">European Convention on Human Rights<\/a>, entered into force on 3 September 1953.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the anniversary, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland <a href=\"https:\/\/search.coe.int\/directorate_of_communications\/Pages\/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=09000016808d0541\">said<\/a>: \u201cThe European Convention on Human Rights is a unique safety net protecting more than 830 million people. \u201cWhether applied by national courts or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echr.coe.int\/Pages\/home.aspx?p=home&amp;c=\">European Court of Human Rights<\/a> in Strasbourg, the Convention has changed people\u2019s lives in many different ways across the whole continent. It has played a key role in promoting stability and security in Europe over the last 65 years and, at a time when the continent is facing many serious challenges, its safeguards remain as crucial as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Convention is a legally-binding international treaty that has been signed and ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe. When joining the Convention, states voluntarily commit to upholding people\u2019s basic rights and freedoms including the right to life, the right to a fair trial and the right to free speech. Individuals can bring complaints against member states to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which has the final say on interpreting the Convention and its case-law. Member states are obliged to implement judgments from the Strasbourg Court.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia has ratified the Convention in 1997. You can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/rm.coe.int\/doc\/0900001680709742\">this link<\/a> to find out more about the execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: coe.int<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights, entered into force on 3 September 1953. Ahead of the anniversary, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland said: \u201cThe European Convention on Human Rights is a unique safety net protecting more than 830 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3094,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions\/3094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}