The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR; French: Cour européenne des droits de l’homme) is a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the Convention and its protocols.  Read more..

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On January 21, 2019, the Post of Moldova issued its first prepaid envelope of the year, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the European Court of Human Rights ("Curtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului" in Romanian), a jurisdiction created in 1959 by the Council of Europe, whose mission is to ensure compliance with the commitments entered into by the signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights. The purpose of this Convention is to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms by enabling judicial review of respect for these individual rights, with reference to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights... Read more..