University of Tehran Public Law Studies Quarterly 2423-8120 51 4 2021 12 22 The Legal Challenges of Collective Proceedings to Human Rights Claims in the European Court of Human Rights The Legal Challenges of Collective Proceedings to Human Rights Claims in the European Court of Human Rights 1289 1307 83706 10.22059/jplsq.2019.283194.2036 FA Mahdi Haddadi Associate Prof., Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Tehran College of Farabi, Qom, Iran Hosein Rezaian Kochi Ph.D. Student in International Law, Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Tehran College of Farabi, Qom, Iran Journal Article 2019 06 09 Human rights violations include a large number of victims, often with similar injuries. This issue concerns the European Court of Human Rights with the issue of repetitive applications and excessive length of proceedings. The use of Pilot-Judgment Procedure and Class Action are solutions that the Court has been taken to ensure the speed of the trial. The main purpose of this paper is to examine these two methods of dealing with human rights violations and existing judicial procedures concerning them. Finally, it will be determined that these two methods of treatment will allow the Court to have a quick and effective hearing, but the manner in which the European Court of Human Rights uses them and the ambiguities regarding in way they are applied, violate the right of individual petition. Human rights violations include a large number of victims, often with similar injuries. This issue concerns the European Court of Human Rights with the issue of repetitive applications and excessive length of proceedings. The use of Pilot-Judgment Procedure and Class Action are solutions that the Court has been taken to ensure the speed of the trial. The main purpose of this paper is to examine these two methods of dealing with human rights violations and existing judicial procedures concerning them. Finally, it will be determined that these two methods of treatment will allow the Court to have a quick and effective hearing, but the manner in which the European Court of Human Rights uses them and the ambiguities regarding in way they are applied, violate the right of individual petition. https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_83706_6d40d88661080993c105e50da0b5ed9a.pdf