Re Application No. 462/59 (X. v. Austria).

Abstract

Treaties — Operation of — Temporal application — Application to events before treaty in force — European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950 — Inadmissibility of applications to European Commission of Human Rights ratione temporis.

The individual in international law — Human rights and freedoms — European Convention for Protection of — European Human Rights Commission — Individual applications — Whether Convention applicable to acts occurring before ratification — Judicial proceedings in closed session — Reservation to Convention made by Austria — Inhuman or degrading punishment — Relevance of alleged errors of law or fact made by domestic tribunals.