[---] The theme of this article is the contribution of the European Court of Human Rights to general international law. The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights extends to all matters concerning the interpretation and application of the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols. The European Court takes, in its interpretation and application of the Convention, into account other relevant rules of international law. In common with other treaties and instruments of international law, the Convention should so far as possible be interpreted in harmony with the context of international law of which it forms part. This means that the Court adverts to rules of general international law – customary international law and general principles of law. [---]