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- 7+ ready-made application examples
- Step-by-step practical guide
- Strategies that work before the Court
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97% of ECHR applications are rejected
Most applications are declared inadmissible on formal grounds, before the Court examines the merits
Main reasons for rejection
- Formal errors in filling in the application form
- Failure to exhaust domestic remedies
- Incomplete or inadequate drafting of Sections E and F of the application form
What you get with Maticform
Real application examples
Read, copy and adapt applications written by an experienced lawyer
Practical guide
Step-by-step instructions to structure, argue and send your application in compliance with the Rules of Court
Strategic tips
Strategies drawn from years of practice before the European Court, to avoid the most common mistakes
Which ECHR application examples you can download
- Article 6 ECHR (right to a fair trial), the most frequent ground: breach of the rights of the defence in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings
- Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property), which can be relied on to obtain financial compensation
- Article 8 ECHR (right to respect for private and family life)
- Article 3 ECHR (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment)
- Articles 10 and 11 ECHR (freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association)
- Interim measures requested under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court
What the practical guide contains
- A clear explanation of how to fill in the application form correctly, step by step, from Section A to Section I, so you get past the first admissibility filter
- Practical guidance on how to identify the Convention articles that apply to your case
- Strategic advice on how to structure Sections E and F so your application is not rejected
- Detailed instructions on what to enclose and how to send your application in line with the Rules of Court
- 175 judgments to use as precedents in similar cases
Who drafted the templates
The application templates and the practical guide were drafted by Studio Legale Piemonte, with international experience in applications to the European Court of Human Rights
Who Maticform is for
- For individuals who want to lodge the application in their own case on their own, often because they cannot afford a lawyer
- For lawyers who want to see how a colleague experienced in Strasbourg cases builds the arguments, cites the relevant case-law and avoids the most common formal defects
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Frequently asked questions
Maticform is a platform where you can download ready-made applications to the European Court of Human Rights, drafted by a lawyer with long-standing experience before the Court. When you buy the service you get access to a members’ area with several applications you can adapt to your own case, together with a simple, practical guide on how to lodge it.
For anyone who cannot afford to instruct a lawyer straight away. It is also particularly useful for lawyers who want to see how an application to the European Court of Human Rights is drafted by a colleague who works in this field.
You will find ready-made application templates based on real cases, which you can adapt to your own. You can copy the legal arguments and tailor them to your situation. Each template follows the Court’s own rules, with the sections filled in, references to case-law and technical wording that is still readable if you are not a lawyer. The templates are kept up to date with the Court’s latest guidance.
Not necessarily. The templates are written to be understood by people who are not lawyers. In fact 85% of our customers are the individuals who suffered the injustice themselves, while 15% are lawyers who do not specialise in this field and want to see how an application to the European Court of Human Rights is drafted.
Online you will only find the blank form. Maticform’s templates are complete applications already written on real cases, drafted by a lawyer with long-standing experience before the European Court of Human Rights. Each template deals with a genuine issue, with a strategic approach you can follow, up-to-date references to case-law and a structure that meets the Court’s formal requirements.
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