Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

1 Context, background and institutions

2 The scope of the Convention

3 Principles of interpretation

4 The right to life

5 Prohibition of torture

6 Protection from slavery and forced labour

7 Personal liberty and security

8 The right to a fair trial in civil and criminal cases

9 Aspects of the criminal process

10 Limitations common to Articles 8 to 11

11 Protection of private and family life

12 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

13 Freedom of expression

14 Freedom of assembly and association

15 Protection of property

16 The right to education

17 The right to free elections

18 Freedom of movement

19 Freedom from discrimination

20 Abuses

21 Derogations in emergency situations

22 Reservations

23 The right to an effective remedy

24 Proceedings before the Court

25 The role of the Committee of Ministers

26 Results and prospects

Appendix: text of European Convention

Select bibliography

Index

This new edition has been fully revised and updated to take account of all the significant developments since 2002. It includes full treatment of a number of major judgments of the Court in recent years. Both the procedure for bringing a claim before the Strasbourg Court and the substantive law of the Convention are covered.

The book follows the structure of the Convention itself in explaining the key principles established by the case law of the Court of Human Rights. All these developments are explained in a narrative style which is aimed squarely at those needing an in-depth analysis of the work of the European Convention on Human Rights, whether as students or practitioners.

Written in an accessible style, those new to the subject will obtain a comprehensive understanding of the work of the Strasbourg organs and the current state of European convention case law.

• Takes full account of recent case law of the Court of Human Rights
• Reflects an increasing volume of case law from the new Contracting States (of central and eastern Europe), especially on elections and free movement
• Key new cases include Ilascu and others v Moldova and Russia; Boronowski v Poland; Enhorn v Sweden; Hirst v United Kingdom (no. 2); Sahin v Turkey; Nachova v Bulgaria; Glass v United Kingdom; Smoleanu v Romania; Ocalan v Turkey
• Court's Opinion on competence to give advisory opinions fully considered
• Updated bibliography on the European Convention