PART 2: How to Bring a Case to the Court 2.1. Practice and Procedure before the Court 2.1.1 Summary Cases before the Court are processed through the different judicial formations as illustrated in the flow chart below in Textbox ii. Textbox ii: Case-processing before the Court48 Simplified case-processing flow chart by judicial formation Individual Applications Single judge 1 judge Committee 3 judges Chamber 7 judges Inadmissibility decision Judgment on the admissibility and the merit Admissibility decision Judgment on the merit Committee Chamber Referral Referral Grand Chamber 17 Judges Relinquishment Judgement Committe of ministers 48 Available online: http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=court/howitworks (last visited 23 July 2014). 37

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