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===Interstate cases===
Any contracting state to the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] can sue another contracting state in the court for alleged breaches of the convention, although in practice this is very rare.<ref name="essentials" /><ref>[https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Press_Q_A_Inter-State_cases_ENG.pdf ECHR Press Unit, Q & A on Inter-State Cases] (October 2020)</ref> {{as of|2021}}, five interstate cases have been decided by the court:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/InterState_applications_ENG.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/InterState_applications_ENG.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Inter-States applications |date=2019 |website=ECHR.coe.int |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

* [[Five techniques|''Ireland v. United Kingdom'']] (no. 5310/71), judgement of 18 January 1978 on [[inhuman or degrading treatment|inhuman and degrading treatment]] in Northern Ireland (art. 3)
* ''Denmark v. Turkey'' (no. 34382/97), judgement of 5 April 2000 ratifying a [[friendly settlement]] of 450,000 [[Danish krone|DKK]] regarding a Danish national detained in Turkey (art. 3)
* ''[[Cyprus v. Turkey]]'' (IV) (no. 25781/94), judgements of 10 May 2001 on the treatment of missing persons (art. 2, 3 and 5), the right of return of Greeks who have fled to the south (art. 8, 13 and P1-1), the rights of Greeks still living in the north (art. 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, P1-1, P1-2) and trial by military courts (art. 6). A subsequent judgement of 12 May 2014 awarded €90&nbsp;million in 'just satisfaction' (art. 41)
* ''Georgia v. Russian Federation (I)'' (no. 13255/07), judgement of 3 July 2014 on the collective expulsion of Georgians from Russia (art. 3, 5, 13, 38, P4-4) and Russia not cooperating with the court (art. 38)
* ''Georgia v. Russian Federation (II)'' (no. 38263/08), judgement of 21 January 2021