The Role of NGOs in Human Rights Protection in ECHR Practice

Seems to be doubtless, in recent decades, it has been demonstrated that NGOs, as well as actors and individuals, have the possibility to act as amici curiae before several international and regional courts. Different courts, however, make different use of the rules on submissions from non-parties. Regarding the importance of such issue in international era, in this article, at glimpse, our aim is to investigate the present legal status of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in ECHR procedure and to discuss this status in relation to the functioning and legitimacy of the international legal system.