SIXTH PROTOCOL
TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON PRIVILEGES
AND IMMUNITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

The member States of the Council of Europe, signatories hereto,

Having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention");

Having regard to Protocol N 11 to the Convention, restructuring the control machinery established thereby, signed at Strasbourg on 11 May 1994 (hereinafter referred to as "Protocol N 11 to the Convention"), which establishes a permanent European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Court") to replace the European Commission and Court of Human Rights;

Also having regard to Article 51 of the Convention which specifies that judges are entitled, during the discharge of their functions, to the privileges and immunities provided for in Article 40 of the Statute of the Council of Europe and in the agreements made thereunder;

Recalling the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe, signed at Paris on 2 September 1949 (hereinafter referred to as "the General Agreement"), and its Second, Fourth and Fifth Protocols;

Considering that a new Protocol to the General Agreement is advisable to accord privileges and immunities to the judges of the Court;