The headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights in the district of European Institutions, in Strasbourg, eastern France on May 5, 2011. Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region and is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory) and the Eurocorps, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ ABACAPRESS.COM 274574_018