The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 - since 1998 it has been a full-time court.
It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Case law in print

European Commission of Human Rights, decisions and reports (D.R.) - Internat 150 E41. Selected decisions also available via HUDOC

European Court of Human Rights Judgments (Decision and Pleadings, Series A & B) - Internat 150 E45

European Human Rights Report (EHRR) - Internat 150 E60. 

European Court of Human Rights, Series A:  judgments and decisions - Internat 150 E44

European Court of Human Rights, Series B: Pleadings - Internat 150 E45

Electronic resources

The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty which guarantees social and economic human rights. It was adopted in 1961 and revised in 1996.
The European Committee of Social Rights rules on the conformity of the situation in States with the European Social Charter, the 1988 Additional Protocol and the Revised European Social Charter.