The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), adopted by the Council of Europe on 4 November 1950, by far is the most established regional human rights treaty whose jurisprudence is well developed. The Convention has 14 protocols in force, adopted gradually after its coming into force on 3 September 1953. The Convention imposes binding commitments on the states parties to enforce and secure to “everyone within their jurisdiction,” the rights and freedoms enlisted in the Convention.