Abstract
The supervisory mechanism under the European Convention on Human Rights is threatening to collapse under the weight of its own success. Protocol No. 11, which was adopted in May 1994, should offer a solution to the problems. This protocol embodies a drastic revision of the present mechanism. In this article the new mechanism is analysed. According to the author, Protocol No. 11 has some major disadvantages. Nevertheless, the new mechanism should be preferred to the present one. In the final analysis therefore, the author expresses the hope that Protocol No. 11, in spite of itself, soon enters into force.
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