In advance of the 76th meeting of the Steering Committee on Human Rights, the ICJ and nine other NGOs presented comments on the two proposed protocols to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), Human Rights Watch, Interights, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), JUSTICE, Open Society Justice Initiative and REDRESS commented on Draft Protocols 15 and 16 to the ECHR, which amend the procedure and criteria for applying to the Court, and allow for advisory opinions.
EuropeanCourt-JointSubmission2-Advocacy-2012 (download the submission)