CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE PROTOCOL NO. 14 TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND ITS IMPORTANCE ON ECH'S ACTIVITY CONSIDERATII ASUPRA PROTOCOLULUI 14 LA CEDO SI A IMPORTANTEI SALE ASUPRA ACTIVITATII CURTII

Abstract

In May 2004 the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Its aim is to improve the efficiency of the Court and to reduce its workload as well as that of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which supervises the execution of the judgments. The ultimate aim is to enable the Court to concentrate on those cases that raise important human rights issues. Protocol No. 14 finally entered into force on 1 June 2010, three months after its ratification by Russia, the last state to ratify it.