The Musangano weEuropean pamusoro pekodzero dzevanhu (ECHR) inozivikanwa nevakawanda sechibvumirano chepasi rose chakakosha uye chinoshanda chekuchengetedzwa kwekodzero dzevanhu. Yakave nebasa rakakosha mukusimudzira uye kusimudzira ruzivo rwekodzero dzevanhu muEurope. Uye yakave nesimba rakakura pakuita mutemo mune zhinji dzenyika dzeEurope. Zvakaoma kupfuudza kukosha kwayo. Europe yava nzvimbo iri nani yokugara muhafu yezana remakore rapfuura, uye ECHR yakaita basa rinokosha kuti izvi zviitike.
Kodzero dzevanhu dzakaonekwa sechombo chakakosha nemasimba aitungamira mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri kudzivirira kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kwakaipisisa kwakaitika munguva yehondo kuti kurege kuitika zvakare.
Kunyorwa kwezvinyorwa zvekutanga zvekodzero dzevanhu, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, uye zvakazotevera Chibvumirano chekodzero dzevanhu pasi rose, chakatangwa mukati mechikamu cheUnited Nations nguva pfupi yapera Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri. Zvakanga zvichifambira mberi zvishoma nezvishoma, muchidimbu nekuda kwemaonero akasiyana pamusoro pekodzero dzevanhu kana kuti zvingabvumiranwa. Izvi zvinogona kunge zvakakonzera zvakanyanya izvo zvakasarudzwa kusundira mberi pachirongwa chekodzero dzevanhu kuEurope pamwe uye paCongress of Europe yakaitwa muna Chivabvu 1948.
Chiziviso uye chisungo chekugadzira European Convention chakapihwa kuCongress. Chinyorwa chechipiri nechechitatu cheChipikirwa chakati: “Tinoda Gwaro re Kodzero Dzevanhu kuvimbisa rusununguko rwekufunga, kusangana nekutaura pamwe nekodzero yekuumba bato rinopikisa rezvematongerwo enyika. Tinoshuvira Dare reJustice rine zvirango zvakakwana kuti Charter iyi izadziswe. "
Muchirimo cha1949, vanopfuura 100 vamiriri veparamende kubva panguva iyoyo gumi nembiri nhengo dzeDare reKanzuru. Europe vakasangana muStrasbourg kumusangano wekutanga weCouncil's Consultative Assembly (gungano reparamende, iro nhasi rinozivikanwa seParamende Assembly). Vakasangana kuti vanyore "chata yekodzero dzevanhu", uye chechipiri kumisa dare rekuita kuti zviitwe.
Mushure mekukakavadzana kukuru, Gungano rakatumira chirevo charo chekupedzisira kudare rekuita sarudzo reKanzuru, Komiti yeMakurukota. Vashumiri vakaunganidza boka renyanzvi kuti vaongorore uye vapedze Chibvumirano chacho pachacho.
Chibvumirano cheEuropean Convention chakakurukurwa uye chinyorwa chayo chekupedzisira chakaumbwa neboka iri renyanzvi, iro muchidimbu raisanganisira vamiriri veMinistries yenyika dziri nhengo. Vakatsvaga kubatanidza nzira yechinyakare yerusununguko yekuwana "hutongi hwematongerwo enyika hunoshanda", kubva kutsika dzeUnited Kingdom, France nedzimwe nyika dzenhengo dzeKanzuru yeEurope yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa.
European Convention on Human Rights yakavhurwa kuti isaine musi wa 4 Mbudzi 1950 muRome, uye yakatanga kushanda musi wa3 Gunyana 1953.
