Question
under the ECHR, art 34: ‘[...] claiming to be a victim of a violation' of a Convention right by a contracting state may bring an application against that state before the ECtHR. Note that under the terms of the ECHR, art 1, there is no requirement of citizenship of a signatory state; the test is whether the person is within the jurisdiction of the state. For example, an American tourist in the UK could be a victim under the Convention.