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HUDOC databases: CPT and ESC

Patrick Müller

HUDOC

HUDOC = Human Rights DOCumentation

• HUDOC is more than ECHR case-law
• CPT and ESC databases existed,

but were not very visible, and technically obsolete

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CPT

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment www.cpt.coe.int

• Preventing torture / ill-treatment
• f persons deprived of their liberty

(police, prisons, immigration, psychiatry, homes, …)

• Country visits (15-20 per year)

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CPT

Publications:

• Visit reports to countries

(15-20 per year / 326 so far)

• Public statements

(7 so far)

• CPT standards (in annual reports)

(1 per year)

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ESC

European Social Charter www.coe.int/socialcharter Counterpart to the ECHR in the social field Almost 100 “provisions” in areas including:

• trade union rights
• prohibition of child labour
• social protection
• health care
• housing
• integration of persons with disabilities
• non-discrimination

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ESC

Publications:

• “Collective Complaints” of violations of the Charter

(“Admissibility” and “Decision” on its merits)

• Reporting procedure:

“Conclusions” by the Committee

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Quantity of data

• ECHR: 47928 judgments
• CPT:

12124 sections (of 326 reports)

• ESC:

172 decisions + 42964 conclusions Documents

• ECHR: 1 judgment = 1 document
• CPT:

1 CPT report = approx. 40 sections (by topic)

• ESC:

1 decision = 1 document 1 conclusion + state + article + cycle = 1 document

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Languages

• ECHR: Major judgments: English + French,

Other judgments: English or French

• CPT:

Visit reports: English or French Other documents: English + French

• ESC:

English + French

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Keywords

• ECHR:

Based on “articles” of the Human Rights Convention

• CPT:

Based on issues raised in CPT reports 3 facets: “topics” + “places” + “persons”

• ESC:

Based on “provisions” of the Social Charter

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Cool new features: Filters & keywords

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Cool new features: Saving a search

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Cool new features: Direct link to a document

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What’s next ?

Towards a common search (ECHR + CPT + ESC)

• Dates (“document date”)
• State
• Document type
• Keywords ?

Towards further content

• ECRI ?
• … ?

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Links & contacts

http://hudoc.cpt.coe.int/ patrick.muller@coe.int http://hudoc.esc.coe.int/ james.lawson@coe.int

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