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
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