European Court of Human Rights: May 2009–April 2010
Journal: European Public Law
Year: 2010

During 2013 the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court") delivered 916 judgments, in respect of 3,659 applications. 1 The Grand Chamber gave 5 judgments in relinquishment cases, under Article 30 of the European Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the ECHR") and 7 in rehearing cases (appeals), under Article 43 of the Convention. 2 Very significantly, for the second year running, the Court was able to erode its backlog of cases, particularly via the use of