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LNB news: MoJ announces entry into force of ECHR Protocol No 15

03 August 2021
Categories: Legal News , Human rights , Brexit
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced the entry into force of Protocol No 15 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), which is a major reform introduced by the Brighton Declaration, during the UK’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers

Lexis®Library update: The new Protocol No 15 introduced the following changes:

• inserting a reference to the principle of subsidiarity and the doctrine of margin appreciation

• shortening the time limit for which applications can be made to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) from six to four months

• the removal of a rule preventing the rejection of an application that has not been considered by a domestic tribunal where the applicant has not suffered a 'significant disadvantage'

• removal of the right for parties to object to the decision of a Chamber of the Court to relinquish its jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber

• raising the age limit for ECtHR judges from 65 to 70, to allow judges to serve their full nine- year term

Source: European Convention on Human Rights protocol comes into force

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