PROTOCOL N 3
             TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN
               RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AMENDING
                ARTICLES 29, 30 AND 34 OF THE CONVENTION
                               (ETS N 45)

                         (Strasbourg, 6.V.1963)

       The member  States  of  the Council of Europe,  signatories to
   this Protocol,
       Considering that  it  is advisable to amend certain provisions
   of  the  Convention  for  the  Protection  of  Human  Rights   and
   Fundamental   Freedoms   signed  at  Rome  on  4th  November  1950
   (hereinafter referred  to  as  "the  Convention")  concerning  the
   procedure of the European Commission of Human Rights,
       Have agreed as follows:

                               Article 1

       1 Article 29 of the Convention is deleted.
       2 The following provision shall be inserted in the Convention:

                              "Article 29

       After it  has  accepted a petition submitted under Article 25,
   the Commission may nevertheless decide unanimously to  reject  the
   petition if,  in the course of its examination,  it finds that the
   existence of one of the grounds for non-acceptance provided for in
   Article 27 has been established.
       In such a case,  the decision shall  be  communicated  to  the
   parties."

                               Article 2

       In Article  30  of  the Convention,  the word "Sub-Commission"
   shall be replaced by the word "Commission".

                               Article 3

       1 At the beginning  of  Article  34  of  the  Convention,  the
   following shall be inserted:
       "Subject to the provisions of Article 29..."
       2 At   the   end  of  the  same  Article,  the  sentence  "the
   Sub-Commission shall take its  decisions  by  a  majority  of  its
   members" shall be deleted.

                               Article 4

       1 This  Protocol  shall  be  open  to  signature by the member
   States of the Council of Europe signatories to the Convention, who
   may become Parties to it either by:
       a signature without reservation in respect of ratification  or
   acceptance, or
       b signature with reservation in  respect  of  ratification  or
   acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance.
       Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall  be  deposited
   with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
       2 This Protocol shall enter into force as soon as  all  States
   Parties  to  the  Convention  shall  have  become  Parties  to the
   Protocol, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
   Article.
       3 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall  notify
   the member States of the Council of:
       a any signature without reservation in respect of ratification
   or acceptance;
       b any signature with reservation in respect of ratification or
   acceptance;
       c the deposit of any instrument of ratification or acceptance;
       d the  date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance
   with paragraph 2 of this Article.
       In witness  whereof,  the  undersigned,  being duly authorised
   thereto, have signed this Protocol.

       Done at Strasbourg,  this 6th day of May 1963,  in English and
   in  French,  both  texts being equally authoritative,  in a single
   copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of  the  Council
   of  Europe.  The Secretary General shall transmit certified copies
   to each of the signatory States.

                                              (Follow the signatures)