Territorial scope of European Convention on Human Rights

Last updated January 02, 2024

This table illustrates the extent to which the substantive provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols are ratified (and therefore in force) for territories under the control of the members of the Council of Europe

Member States and Sovereign Territories	Extent of ECHR	Right of petition to ECtHR	Protocol 1 (Rights to property, education and elections)	Protocol 4 (Civil imprisonment, freedom of movement, expulsion)	Protocol 6 (Prohibition of death penalty in peacetime)	Protocol 7 (Fair trial rights, spousal equality)	Protocol 12 (Right of non-discrimination)	Protocol 13 (Prohibition of death penalty in all circumstances)
Albania	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[1]
Andorra	With Reservations	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Armenia	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Austria	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Azerbaijan, except:	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Belgium	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Croatia	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus, except:	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus area	Full (through Turkey ^[2])	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- UN Buffer Zone	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Czech Republic	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Denmark	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes
- Faroe Islands	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes
- Greenland	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	No	No
Estonia	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Finland	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
France, except:	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	No	No
- Clipperton Island	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Guadeloupe	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- French Guiana	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- French Polynesia	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- French Southern Territories	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Martinique	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Mayotte	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- New Caledonia	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Réunion	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
- Wallis and Futana	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	No	With Reservations	No	No
Georgia, except:	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
- Abkhazia	With Reservations (through Russia ^[2])	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
- South Ossetia	With Reservations (through Russia ^[2])	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Germany	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Greece	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hungary	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Iceland	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Ireland	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Italy	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Latvia	Full	Yes	With Reservations	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	No	No
Liechtenstein	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Lithuania	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Luxembourg	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes
Macedonia	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Moldova, except:	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
- Transnistria	With Reservations (through Russia ^[2])	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Monaco	With Reservations	Yes	No	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Netherlands (European part)	Full	Yes	Yes	With Reservations^[3]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
- Aruba	Full	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
- Curaçao	Full	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
- Sint Maarten	Full	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
- Caribbean Netherlands	Full	Yes	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Norway, except:	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
- Bouvet Island	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
- Peter I Island	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Poland	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Portugal	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Romania	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russia	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
San Marino	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Serbia	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
- Kosovo	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Slovakia	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Slovenia	Full	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Spain	With Reservations	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	No
Sweden	Full	Yes	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Switzerland	Full	Yes	No	No	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes
Turkey	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Ukraine	With Reservations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom, except:	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas) (Cyprus)	Full	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Anguilla	Full	Temporary (Until 14 January 2011)	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Bermuda	Full	Temporary (Until 14 January 2011)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- British Antarctic Territory	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
- British Indian Ocean Territory	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
- British Virgin Islands	Full	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
- Cayman Islands	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	No	No	No	No
- Falkland Islands	Full	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Gibraltar	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Guernsey	Full	With Reservations	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Jersey	Full	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Isle of Man	Full	Yes	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Montserrat	Full	Temporary (Until 14 January 2011)	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Pitcairn Island	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha	Full	Temporary (Until 14 January 2011)	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Full	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
- Turks and Caicos Islands	Full	Temporary (Until 14 January 2011)	With Reservations	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

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↑ According to the Law No. 9639 of November 9, 2006, with the title "For the ratification of the protocol No. 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with regard to the removal of death penalty in all circumstances". No reserves were made regarding this Protocol, and it has binding force in all circumstances, according to Article 1 of the Albanian law. Published in the Official Gazette which can be found online at http://qbz.gov.al/botime/fletore_zyrtare/2006/PDF-2006/127-2006.pdf
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↑ "Vierde Protocol bij het Verdrag tot bescherming van de rechten van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden, tot het waarborgen van bepaalde rechten en vrijheden die niet reeds in het Verdrag en in het eerste Protocol daarbij zijn opgenomen". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

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[1] According to the Law No. 9639 of November 9, 2006, with the title "For the ratification of the protocol No. 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with regard to the removal of death penalty in all circumstances". No reserves were made regarding this Protocol, and it has binding force in all circumstances, according to Article 1 of the Albanian law. Published in the Official Gazette which can be found online at http://qbz.gov.al/botime/fletore_zyrtare/2006/PDF-2006/127-2006.pdf

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[3] "Vierde Protocol bij het Verdrag tot bescherming van de rechten van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden, tot het waarborgen van bepaalde rechten en vrijheden die niet reeds in het Verdrag en in het eerste Protocol daarbij zijn opgenomen". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

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