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This internet portal is designed to give you access to the public information sources at the Court.
The public information sources are divided into the following collections:
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- Database of the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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, Judgments which the Court considers make a significant contribution to the development, clarification or modification of its case-law, either generally or in relation to a particular State.
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, Judgments which do not make a significant contribution to the case-law but nevertheless do not merely apply existing case-law.
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, Judgments with little legal interest - those applying existing case-law, friendly settlements and striking out judgments (unless these have any particular point of interest).
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