§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the United Kingdom has found itself involved in actions before the European Court of Human Rights; and what informatiion he has for the comparable figues for member states of the Council of Europe.
§ Mr. RentonFor the period since 1966, when the United Kingdom recognised the competence of the Commission to receive individual petition and the compulsory jurisdiction of the court, up to the end of June 1985 there have been 20 cases referred to the European Court of Human Rights against the United Kingdom. There were 12 findings of violation, two findings of non-violation and six cases are pending. The figures for other member states of the Council of Europe are as follows:
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Accepted right of individual petition since: Accepted compulsory jurisdiction of Court since No of cases Referred: Violations Non-Violations Pending Terminated in some other way Denmark 13 April 1953 13 April 1953 2 0 2 0 0 France 2 October 1981 3 May 1974 1 0 0 1 0 Federal Republic of Germany 5 July 1955 5 July 1955 13 6 4 3 0 Ireland 25 November 1953 25 November 1953 3 1 1 1 0 Italy 1 August 1973 1 August 1973 9 7 1 0 1 Netherlands 28 June 1960 31 August 1954 9 6 0 3 0 Portugal 9 November 1978 9 November 1978 1 1 0 0 0 Sweden 4 November 1952 15 June 1966 5 2 2 0 1 Switzerland 28 November 1974 28 November 1974 5 2 2 1 0