The number of applications against Cyprus lodged with
the European Court of Human Rights increases every year. In
figures, in 2020 the Court dealt with 41 applications against
Cyprus while as at the 1st of July 2021, it has 67
pending applications before it. What do people complain about? What
are grounds to apply to the ECHR and how to submit an application
if your human rights have been violated?
Every citizen in a democratic society can pursue his rights to a
court of law. As well as other States guarantee the right of any
person to address legal matters to their national courts, in Cyprus
no person shall be denied access to the court under Article 30 of
the Constitution of the Republic. In cases where a party to
national proceedings believes that his or her rights have been
infringed by the national judiciary, the aggrieved party is
entitled to complain to the European Court of Human Rights provided
that the national measures of legal protection have been
