Article 35 - Admissibility criteria

• 1

  The Court may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted, according to the generally recognised rules of international law, and within a period of four months from the date on which the final decision was taken.

• 2

  The Court shall not deal with any individual application submitted under Article 34 that

  • a)

    is anonymous, or

  • b)

    is substantially the same as a matter that has already been examined by the Court or has already been submitted to another procedure of international investigation or settlement and contains no relevant new information.

• 3

  The Court shall declare inadmissible any individual application submitted under Article 34 if it considers that:

  • a)

    the application is incompatible with the provisions of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, manifestly ill-founded, or an abuse of the right of individual application; or

  • b)

    the applicant has not suffered a significant disadvantage, unless respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto requires an examination of the application on the merits.

• 4

  The Court shall reject any application which it considers inadmissible under this Article. It may do so at any stage of the proceedings.