European Court Of Human Rights

EDM number 970 in 2012-13, proposed by John Hemming on 24/01/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Courts, Europe and Human rights.

That this House notes that Anthony Clayton made an application to the European Court of Human Rights in 2010 (Application: 31251/10); further notes that this application was based on the failure of his legal advisers to enter evidence into court in case HB30448 Smith v Clayton; further notes that it was declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights sitting as a single judge; further notes that no reasons are given bythe European Court of Human Rights; further notes that this difficulty is one that faces many applicants to the European Court of Human Rights; and calls for the Government in its negotiations with the Council of Europe to argue for reasons to be given as to why the court determines that cases are inadmissible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.