In 2007 the Court delivered judgments and decisions in important spheres, whose variety testifies to the importance the European Convention on Human Rights has taken on for European citizens. Readers of this latest edition of the Annual Report will be able to observe the importance of these rulings. However, 2007 will also be remembered as a year when certain illusions were lost.
The year 2008 was marked by the first of a series of celebrations at the Court which will continue throughout 2009 and 2010: tenth anniversary of the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 this year, fiftieth anniversary of the Court in 2009, and sixtieth anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2010. The Court also hosted a colloquy on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the seminal text: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The events thus organised must not only look back to the past but also be used to look into the future. The first event was a seminar held at the Court on 13 October 2008, a few days ahead of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention.
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