`echr_search`

Pack: hudoc · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hudoc/mcp

Search European Court of Human Rights (ECHR / Strasbourg) case law by free text, Convention Article, respondent state and/or date. Returns case name, application number(s), Article(s) engaged, the conclusion (violation/no violation), importance level and the itemid to read the full judgment with echr_judgment. Use for “what has Strasbourg ruled on Article 8 against France”, “recent Article 10 freedom-of-expression judgments”, etc. Covers judgments by default; pass collection to search decisions, advisory opinions, resolutions, communicated cases or reports instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text words to match anywhere in the case (case name, conclusion text, keywords), e.g. “surveillance”, “freedom of expression”. Optional if article/respondent narrow enough on their own.
`article`	string	no	Convention Article number, e.g. “8” (private/family life), “10” (freedom of expression), “6” (fair trial). Matches the Article and its sub-paragraphs.
`respondent`	string	no	Respondent state — ISO3 code (e.g. “FRA”, “GBR”) or common name (e.g. “France”, “United Kingdom”). One of the 46 Council of Europe states, or Russia for pre-2022 cases.
`collection`	string	no	Document type to search (default “judgments”). “decisions” = admissibility decisions; “communicated_cases” = pending cases the Court has notified the government of, no ruling yet.
`importance`	number	no	HUDOC importance level: 1 = highest (leading cases), 4 = lowest. Omit for all.
`date_from`	string	no	ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD). Only documents on or after this date.
`date_to`	string	no	ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD). Only documents on or before this date.
`limit`	number	no	Max results, default 10, max 25.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "article": "8",
  "respondent": "GBR",
  "date_from": "2024-01-01",
  "date_to": "2026-12-31",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hudoc/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"echr_search","arguments":{"article":"8","respondent":"GBR","date_from":"2024-01-01","date_to":"2026-12-31","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('echr_search', {
  "article": "8",
  "respondent": "GBR",
  "date_from": "2024-01-01",
  "date_to": "2026-12-31",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "query": "surveillance",
  "article": "8",
  "respondent": "FRA",
  "date_from": "2023-01-01"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hudoc": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hudoc/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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