EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME
Application lodged
One of
the Court's
4 Sections
Committee
(3 Judges)
Chamber
(7 Judges)
If unanimous
Just satisfaction
reserved
Request by a Party
for a re-hearing
granted
Grand
Chamber
(17 Judges)
Respondent
State executes
judgment/Committee of
Ministers supervises
execution
Case-processing flowchart
If not disposed of administratively
Decision: Application
declared admissible
Admissibility and
merits taken together
(Joint procedure)
Admissibility and merits
taken separately
Decision:
Application rejected
(inadmissibile/struck out)
Judgment
Just satisfaction
included
Judgment on just
satisfaction
Relinquishment
of jurisdiction by
a Chamber
If not unanimous
This flowchart indicates the progress of a case through the different judicial formations. In the interests of readability, it
does not include certain stages in the procedure ­ such as communication of an application to the respondent State,
consideration of a re-hearing request by the Panel of the Grand Chamber and friendly settlement negotiations.