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Approves The Protocol No 15 Amending The Convention For The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms, Opened For Signature In Strasbourg, On 24 June 2013

Original Language Title: Aprova o Protocolo n.º 15 que altera a Convenção para a Proteção dos Direitos Humanos e das Liberdades Fundamentais, aberto à assinatura em Estrasburgo, em 24 de junho de 2013

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CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Proposal for Resolution No 13 /XIII

The ratification of Protocol No 15, which amends the Convention for the Protection of Rights

Human and Fundamental Freedoms, open for signature in Strasbourg, on June 24

of 2013, under the aegis of the Council of Europe, is an important advance in the matter of the

international protection of Human Rights.

The present Protocol complements the protection already provided for in the Convention for the Protection of the

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, containing provisions that strengthen the

doctrine of the margin of appreciation of States, while prolonging the age of

exercise of the mandates by the judges of the European Court of Human Rights (TEDH),

prevent the opposition to the return of cases to the Full Court, reduce the time limit of

complaint submission from six to four months, and simultaneously eliminate the criterion of the

examination by the internal court in the event of an absence of material injury.

That being the case, Protocol No 15 comes to strengthen the legal mechanisms already in place in the framework

of TEDH, contributing to greater speed of the processes, coherence of its

jurisprudence and stability of the mandates of its Magistrates.

Thus:

Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the

Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:

CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

To approve Protocol No 15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and

of Fundamental Freedoms, open for signature in Strasbourg, on June 24, 2013,

whose text in the English-language authenticated version and respect translation in Portuguese language,

are published in attachment.

Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of June 2, 2016

The Prime Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs