The Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, edited by the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, is an indispensable record of the development and impact of the world's oldest binding international human rights treaty.It reviews the implementation of the Convention both by the European Court of Human Rights and by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, responsible for supervising the application of the Court's judgments in the member states.

Introduction and Note to the reader; Part One: General Information A. Signatures and ratifi cations of the European Convention on Human Rights and related instruments; B. Reservations and declarations Part Two: The Control Mechanism of The European Convention on Human Rights Chapter I European Court of Human Rights A. Composition; B. Short survey of the main judgments and decisions delivered by the Court in 2011; C. Selection of judgments, decisions and communicated cases; D. Summaries of the judgments delivered by the Grand Chamber in 2011; E. Statistics Chapter II The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe A. General information; B. Selection of resolutions adopted by the Committee of Ministers in 2011; C. Annual report 2011 on supervision of execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (Extracts) Part Three: Other Activities of The Council of Europe Concerning The European Convention on Human Rights Chapter I Committee of Ministers A. Izmir Declaration; B. Texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers; C. Sessions of the Committee of Ministers Chapter II Parliamentary Assembly A. Recommendations; B. Resolutions Chapter III Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs A. Intergovernmental activities, law and policy in the fi eld of human rights; B. Children's Rights; C. European social charter; D. Action against Traffi cking in Human Beings; Appendices: Appendix A: Selective bibliography of publications concerning the European Convention on Human Rights; Appendix B: Biographical notices of judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights in 2011