EIT:een valittamisessa oltava entistä huolellisempi 1.1.2014 lukien

13.12.2013 | Oikeusuutiset

Markku Fredman

Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuimen työjärjestyksen (Rules of Court) 47 artikla muuttuu 1.1.2014 lukien siten, että valitusten täytyy olla määräykset täyttäviä ensimmäisestä valituslomakkeen lähettämisestä lähtien, eikä tuomioistuin enää tutki epätäydellisiä valituksia.

EIT:n lehdistötiedotteesta:

Stricter conditions for lodging an application with the European Court of Human Rights will apply from 1 January 2014, with the entry into force of the new Rule 47 of the Rules of Court. This amendment to the Rules, designed to enhance the Court’s efficiency and speed up the examination of applications, introduces two major changes which will determine whether an application is allocated to a judicial formation or is rejected without being considered by the Court.

The first change concerns the information and documents supplied to the Court to enable it to examine applications and hence perform its mission as effectively as possible. Any form sent to the Court must in future be completed in full and accompanied by copies of the relevant documents. All incomplete applications will be rejected by the Court.

The second change concerns the interruption of the period within which an application must be made to the Court, that is, within six months from the final decision of the highest domestic court with jurisdiction; for the period to be interrupted, the application will now have to fulfil the conditions set out in Rule 47. The form must be sent to the Court, duly completed and accompanied by the relevant documents, within the period laid down by the Convention. Incomplete files will no longer be taken into consideration for the purpose of interrupting the running of the six-month period.