{"id":202,"date":"2023-06-26T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=202"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:50:42","slug":"requests-for-interim-measures-before-the-european-court-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/resources\/requests-for-interim-measures-before-the-european-court-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Requests for interim measures before the European Court of Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adade06e218d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Download the Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qqCrjv\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3YGNXLL\">Russian<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4pOY5xP\">Ukrainian<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">These resources present an overview of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, and the Rules of Court in relation to requests for interim measures, pursuant to Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. Interim measures are urgent measures, which the ECtHR may require of the Respondent Government and\/or the applicant(s), where there is an imminent risk of irreparable harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Our Guide to Interim Measures has been comprehensively updated in late 2022 to include new practices and recent developments, including the new online platform for Rule 39 applications.<\/p>\n<p>You can also view <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4p4DNPN\">a recording of our 2018 webinar on Interim Measures.<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adade06e251f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest guide to making requests for interim measures at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4885,"parent":0,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"country":[40,34,38,37],"theme":[115],"class_list":["post-202","resources","type-resources","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","country-armenia","country-azerbaijan","country-georgia","country-ukraine","theme-conflict-and-security-force-abuses","type-legalguide"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guide: Requests for interim measures before the European Court of Human Rights - European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our guide to making requests for interim measures at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) provides an overview of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and the Rules of Court in relation to requests for interim measures, pursuant to Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. 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