OSCOLA Referencing
Decisions and reports of the European Commission on Human Rights
The following are examples of how to reference decisions and reports of the European Commission on Human Rights (which was dissolved in 1998).
Decisions and reports of the European Commission on Human Rights
Citations of decisions and reports of the European Commission on Human Rights, which ceased to function in 1998, should give the year of the decision in brackets, and then refer to the Decisions and Reports of the Commission (DR), or, for decisions prior to 1974, to the Collection of Decisions of the Commission (CD). If available, a reference to a report of the decision in the EHRR is also acceptable, but if citing the EHRR for a decision of the Commission insert ‘(Commission Decision)’ after the rest of the citation. If the decision is unreported, give the application number, and then in brackets ‘Commission Decision’ and the date of the decision.
Examples (Footnotes/Table of cases):
X v Netherlands (1971) 38 CD 9.
Council of Civil Service Unions v UK (1987) 10 EHRR 269 (Commission Decision).
Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188.
P v UK App no 13473/87 (Commission Decision, 11 July 1988).