Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Convention created the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg . The Court supervises compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and thus functions as the highest European court for human rights and fundamental freedoms .
Simplified: One of its first successes was the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950 , which serves as the basis for the European Court of Human Rights .