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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights

• tremon 4y ago
  From your own link: "The European Court of Human Rights is an international court of the Council of Europe" The Council of Europe* predates the European Union by half a century (depending on which origin you choose -- the European Union in its current form was established in 1993). It is much narrower in scope and has much wider membership than the EU. Even Russia was a member of the Council of Europe until the Ukraine war, when they were expelled. The UK also is still a member (a founding member, at that) even though they left the EU. The only relation between the ECHR and the EU is that EU nations are required to join the Council of Europe as part of the accession process, and the EU can bind a member nation to adhere to rulings of the ECHR. Outside the European Union, the ECHR can render judgements but cannot enforce them. *Not to be confused with the European Council, which is one of the strategic bodies of the EU. Don't ask...