The Misonkhano Yachiyuda Yokhudza Ufulu wa Anthu (ECHR) amadziwika kuti ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wofunikira komanso wogwira mtima woteteza ufulu wa anthu. Lakhala ndi gawo lofunikira pakukulitsa ndi kudziwitsa anthu za ufulu wa anthu ku Europe. Ndipo zakhudza kwambiri kupanga malamulo m'maiko ambiri aku Europe. Nkovuta kunena mopambanitsa kufunika kwake. M’zaka zambiri ku Ulaya kwakhala malo abwino kwambiri okhalamo, ndipo Khoti Loona za Ufulu wa Anthu ku Ulaya lachita mbali yofunika kwambiri kuti zimenezi zitheke.
Ufulu wachibadwidwe unkawoneka ngati chida chofunikira ndi maulamuliro otsogola pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse kuti aletse kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa ufulu wa anthu komwe kunachitika pankhondoyo kuti zisachitikenso.
Kulemba zida zoyamba zaufulu wa anthu, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, ndipo kenako Pangano la Ufulu wa Anthu Padziko Lonse, linakhazikitsidwa mkati mwa bungwe la United Nations nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse itangotha. Koma izi zinkayenda pang'onopang'ono, mwa zina chifukwa cha kusiyana maganizo pa zomwe ufulu wa anthu unali kapena zomwe zingagwirizane. Izi mwina zidathandizira kwambiri kuti zidaganiziridwa kuti zipitilire patsogolo zaufulu wa anthu ku Europe ndi Congress of Europe yomwe idachitika mu Meyi 1948.
Chilengezo ndi lonjezo lopanga European Convention zidaperekedwa ku Congress. Nkhani yachiwiri ndi yachitatu ya Pledge inati: "Tikufuna Tchata ya Ufulu Wachibadwidwe kutsimikizira ufulu wa kuganiza, kusonkhana ndi kulankhula komanso ufulu wopanga chitsutso pa ndale. Tikufuna Khothi Lachilungamo lokhala ndi zilango zokwanira kuti Charter iyi ikwaniritsidwe. ”
M’chilimwe cha 1949, aphungu oposa 100 ochokera m’mayiko khumi ndi aŵiri omwe anali mamembala a Bungwe la Europe adakumana ku Strasbourg kumsonkhano woyamba wa Council's Consultative Assembly (msonkhano wa aphungu, womwe masiku ano umadziwika kuti Nyumba Yamalamulo). Anakumana kuti alembe "charter of Human Rights", ndipo kachiwiri kukhazikitsa khoti kuti liutsatire.
Pambuyo pa zokambirana zambiri, Msonkhanowu udatumiza malingaliro ake omaliza ku bungwe lopanga zisankho la Council, Komiti ya Atumiki. Atumiki adasonkhanitsa gulu la akatswiri kuti awonenso ndikumaliza Mgwirizano womwewo.
Msonkhano wa ku Ulaya unakambidwa ndipo mawu ake omalizira anapangidwa ndi gulu la akatswiri, lomwe mbali ina linali ndi nthumwi zochokera ku Ministries ya mayiko omwe ali mamembala. Iwo adafuna kuphatikizira njira yachikhalidwe yaufulu wa anthu kuti apeze "demokalase yandale yogwira mtima", kuchokera ku miyambo ya ku United Kingdom, France ndi mayiko ena omwe ali mamembala a Council of Europe yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kumene.
Pangano la European Convention on Human Rights linatsegulidwa kuti lisayinidwe pa 4 November 1950 ku Rome, ndipo linayamba kugwira ntchito pa 3rd September 1953.
