Sunday, 31 May 2020

European Convention on Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. All Council of Europe member states are party to the Convention and new members are expected to ratify the convention at the earliest opportunity.

There are 18 Articles (listed below) and 7 Protocols
  1. Respecting Rights
  2. Life
  3. Torture
  4. Servitude
  5. Liberty and Security
  6. Fair Trial
  7. Retroactivity
  8. Privacy
  9. Conscience and Religion
  10. Expression
  11. Association
  12. Marriage
  13. Effective Remedy
  14. Discrimination
  15. Derogations
  16. Foreign Parties
  17. Abuse of Rights
  18. Permitted Restrictions
Source: Wikipedia entry accessed 2nd April 2019