Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (CETS No.214)

Open for signature by the High Contracting Parties to the Convention in Strasbourg, on 2 October 2013.

Entry into force : 10 Ratifications.

Summary of the treaty

Protocol No. 16 allows the highest courts and tribunals of a High Contracting Party, as specified by the latter, to request the European Court of Human Rights to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention or the protocols thereto.

Formerly known as the 'European Treaty Series'.