The level of protection you get from the ECHR is very dependent on what country you are in and how they interpret the convention. In some countries such as Den

The level of protection you get from the ECHR is very dependent on what country you are in and how they interpret the convention. In some countries such as Denmark the ECHR and its rulings are considered to be absolutely binding and self executing by the national courts: > The European Convention on Human Rights is implemented in Danish law. This means that the convention is directly applicable in Denmark. Danish law must therefore be interpreted in accordance with the convention. In other countries rulings are routinely fully or partially ignored (for example the UK entirely ignored an ECHR ruling on prisoners voting).