The visibility of the European Court of HumanRights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has considerablyincreased in the past years.With the growing numbers of applications lodgedbefore the Court, the Court is becoming ever stricterconcerning the fulfilment of the admissibility criteria.It is therefore indispensable for a defence lawyer torespect them.A practitioner who has represented applicants beforethe ECtHR will explain the different elements of theprocedure, including the admissibility criteria: Whatnational remedies must be sought before submittingan application to the Court in Strasbourg? Whatdocuments have to be submitted? What is theobjective of the written and the oral parts of theproceedings? How are judgments enforced?A lawyer of the Registry will respond to frequentlyasked questions.A government agent will complement the perspectivesfrom the point of view of the respondent government.An introduction to the case law analysis tools andmethods of the Council of Europe