Art. 35 Verdrag tot bescherming van de rechten van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden, Rome, 04-11-1950

1. The Court may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted, according to the generally recognised rules of international law, and within a period of four months from the date on which the final decision was taken. 2. The Court shall not deal with any individual application submitted under Article 34 that is anonymous, or is substantially the same as a matter that has already been examined by the Court or has already been submitted to another procedure of international investigation or settlement and contains no relevant new information. 3. The Court shall declare inadmissible any individual application submitted under Article 34 if it considers that: the application is incompatible with the provisions of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, manifestly ill-founded, or an abuse of the right of individual application; or the applicant has not suffered a significant disadvantage, unless respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto requires an examination of the application on the merits. 4. The Court shall reject any application which it considers inadmissible under this Article. It may do so at any stage of the proceedings. Shall not apply to applications in respect of which the final decision within the meaning of paragraph 1 was taken prior to the date of entry into force of this amendment.