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CONVENTION ON
HUMAN RIGHTS
ECHR
The
European
Convention
on
Human Rights (ECHR) entered into
force on 3 September 1953.
ECHR
It
ECHR
The
ECHR
As
ECHR
Article
1: Obligation
human rights
to
respect
ARTICLE 1: OBLIGATION TO
RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS
Article
ARTICLE 3: PROHIBITION OF
TORTURE
Article
ARTICLE 4: PROHIBITION OF
SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOR
Article
ARTICLE 7: NO PUNISHMENT
WITHOUT LAW
No
VS. FRANCE
KOKKINAKIS VS. GREECE
1.
2.
3.
ARTICLE 15
Permissible
ARTICLE 15
In
addition
to
these
substantive
requirements the derogation must be
procedurally sound. There must be some
formal announcement of the derogation
and notice of the derogation, any measures
adopted under it, and the ending of the
derogation must be communicated to the
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
ARTICLE 19 ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE COURT
To
years
Terms of office of judges shall expire
when they reach the age of 70
Judges shall hold office until replaced.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
There
ARTICLE 28 COMPETENCE OF
COMMITTEES
a.
b.
Decisions
ARTICLE 29 DECISIONS BY
CHAMBERS ON ADMISSIBILITY AND
MERITS
If
ARTICLE 30 RELINQUISHMENT OF
JURISDICTION TO THE GRAND
CHAMBER
Where
a.
b.
c.
ARTICLE 34 INDIVIDUAL
APPLICATIONS
The
ARTICLE 35 ADMISSIBILITY
CRITERIA
The Court may only deal with the matter after all
domestic remedies have been exhausted
The Court shall not deal with any application
submitted under Article 34 that (a) is anonymous;
or (b) is substantially the same as a matter that
has already been examined by the Court.
The
Court shall declare inadmissible any
individual application if it considers that: (a) the
application is incompatible with the provisions of
the Convention or the Protocols; or (b) the
applicant has not suffered a significant
disadvantage
ARTICLE 39 FRIENDLY
SETTLEMENTS
At
PROTOCOL TO THE
CONVENTION FOR THE
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
Section III
PROTOCOL NO. 1
Article
1 Protection of Property
Article 2 Right to Education
Article 3 Right to Free Elections
PROTOCOL NO. 1
The
PROTOCOL NO. 1
After
PROTOCOL NO. 2
Article
Debt
Article 2 Freedom of Movement
Article 3 Prohibition of expulsion of
nationals
Article 4 Prohibition of collective expulsion
of aliens
PROTOCOL NO. 2
Turkeyand
theUnited Kingdomhave
signed but never ratified Protocol
GreeceandSwitzerlandhave
neither
signed nor ratified this protocol.
PROTOCOL NO. 6
Article
PROTOCOL NO. 6
Every
PROTOCOL NO. 7
Article
PROTOCOL NO. 7
Despite
PROTOCOL NO. 12
Article 1 Prohibition of Discrimination
The enjoyment of any right set forth by law shall
be secured without discrimination on any ground
such as sex, race, colour, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social
origin, association with a national minority,
property, birth or other status.
No one shall be discriminated against by any
public authority on any ground such as those
mentioned in paragraph 1
PROTOCOL NO. 12
The
PROTOCOL NO. 13
Article 1 Abolition of the death penalty
Protocol
CONVENTION
Art 1 respecting rights
Art 2 life
Art 3 torture
Art 4 servitude
Art 5 liberty/security
Art 6 fair trial
Art 7 retroactivity
Art 8 privacy
Art 9 conscience and religion
Art 10 expression
Art 11 association
Art 12 marriage
Art 13 effective remedy
Art 14 discrimination
Art 15 derogations
Art 16 aliens
Art 17 abuse of rights
Art 18 permitted restrictions
PROTOCOL
Protocol 1
Art 1 property
Art 2 - education
Art 3 - elections
Protocol 4 - civil
imprisonment, free
movement, expulsion
Protocol 6 - restriction of
death penalty
Protocol 7 - crime and
family
Protocol 12 - discrimination
Protocol 13 - complete
abolition of death penalty
Primary Sources:
European Convention on Human Rights
Evans v United Kingdom
Goodwin v United Kingdom
Ireland v UK
Loizidou v Turkey
Othman (Abu Qatada) v. United Kingdom
Sejdi and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Secondary Sources
Coblentz, W., & Warshaw, R. (1956). European Convention
for
the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
California Law Review , 44 (1), 94-104.
Kerson, D. L. (1961). The European Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
California Law Review , 49 (1), 172-18.