Preface

Table of cases

1 The origins and history of the Convention

• Human rights and democratic values
• The Convention and the First Protocol
• The Second to Fifth Protocols
• The Sixth to Eighth Protocols
• The Ninth Protocol
• The Tenth Protocol
• The Eleventh Protocol

2 The rights guaranteed I

• Article 1: The general obligation
• Article 2: The right to life
• Article 3: Freedom from torture and from inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• Article 4: Freedom from slavery or servitude and from forced or compulsory labour

3 The rights guaranteed II

• Article 5: The right to liberty and security of person

4 The rights guaranteed III

• Article 6: The right to a fair trial

5 The rights guaranteed IV

• Article 7: Protection against retroactivity of the criminal law
• Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence
• Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

6 The rights guaranteed V

• Article 10: Freedom of expression
• Article 11: Freedom of assembly and of association
• Article 12: The right to marry and found a family
• Article 13: The right to an effective remedy before a national authority

7 The scope of the rights and freedoms

• The principle of non-discriminatory application
• Emergency powers
• Restrictions on the political activity of aliens
• Abuse of the Convention's rights and freedoms
• Misuse of power
• Authorised limitations
• Reservations

8 The rights guaranteed by the Protocols

• The First Protocol
• The Fourth Protocol
• The Sixth Protocol
• The Seventh Protocol

9 The institutional machinery before Protocol No. 11

• The European Commission of Human Rights
• The European Court of Human Rights
• The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

10 The institutional machinery today

• A new European Court of Human Rights
• The organisation and procedure of the Court
• Admissibility of applications
• Access to the Court
• The work of the Court
• The Court's judgments
• Transitional arrangements
• The Strasbourg system in context

Appendix:

The European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols as amended by Protocol No. 11

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)

Protocol No. 1 (1952)

Protocol No. 4 (1963)

Protocol No. 6 (1983)

Protocol No. 7 (1984)

Index