Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
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The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) consists of 17 judges of the ECtHR and is convened in exceptional cases. Its verdicts cannot be appealed.[https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FAQ_GC_ENG.pdf FAQ]
The Grand Chamber may be convened either by referral or relinquishment. Referral is based on one of the parties appealing a ruling made by a chamber of the court, but the court only agrees to convene the Grand Chamber in exceptional cases. Relinquishment means that a chamber of the court decides not to hear the case itself but instead leaves the Grand Chamber to hear the case. Until 1 August 2021, when Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights came into effect, parties to the case had the right to object to relinquishment.{{cite web |last1=Talmon |first1=Stefan |title=Relinquishment of jurisdiction contra legem: The European Court of Human Rights' decision in Grzęda v. Poland |url=https://www.ejiltalk.org/relinquishment-of-jurisdiction-contra-legem-the-european-court-of-human-rights-decision-in-grzeda-v-poland/ |website=EJIL: Talk! |access-date=25 September 2021 |language=English |date=22 July 2021}}
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Bağlayan |first1=Başak |last2=Fahner |first2=Johannes Hendrik |title='One Can Always Do Better': The Referral Procedure before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights |journal=Human Rights Law Review |date=2017 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=339–363 |doi=10.1093/hrlr/ngx003}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Bruinsma |first1=Fred J. |title=The Room at the Top: Separate Opinions in the Grand Chambers of the ECHR (1998‐2006) |journal=Ancilla Iuris |date=2008 |pages=32–43 |url=https://www.anci.ch/articles/175}}
- {{cite web |last1=Ó Fathaigh |first1=Ronan |title=A Lesson for Applicants: Don't Agree to a Relinquishment to the Grand Chamber (S.A.S. v. France Part 2) |url=https://strasbourgobservers.com/2014/07/04/a-lesson-for-applicants-dont-agree-to-a-relinquishment-to-the-grand-chamber-s-a-s-v-france-part-2/ |website=Strasbourg Observers |access-date=25 September 2021 |date=4 July 2014}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bobek |first1=Michal |editor1-last=David Petrlík |editor2-last=Michal Bobek |editor3-last=Jan M.. Passer |editor4-last=Antoine Masson |title=Évolution des rapports entre les ordres juridiques de l'Union européenne, international et nationaux: liber amicorum Jiří Malenovský |date=8 November 2020 |publisher=Larcier |isbn=978-2-8027-6686-5 |pages= 523–550 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3726877 |access-date= |language=en, fr |via=Social Science Research Network |chapter=More Heads, More Reason? A Comparative Reflection on the Role of Grand Chambers at National and European Levels|ssrn=3726877 }}
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