Harris, O'Boyle, and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights

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This seminal text offers a comprehensive account of the case law of the ECHR and its underlying principles. It provides a guide to decisions under the Convention and its protocoA, LSrticle by article, as well as explaining the history and likely development of the law.

Part I: The European Convention on Human Rights in Context; 1 The European Convention on Human Rights in context; Part II: Enforcement Machinery; 2 Admissibility of applications; 3 The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure; 4 The execution of the Court's judgments; Part III: The Rights Guaranteed; 5 Article 2: The right to life; 6 Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 7 Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour; 8 Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person; 9 Article 6: The right to a fair trial; 10 Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment; 11 Articles 8-11: General considerations; 12 Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence; 13 Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; 14 Article 10: Freedom of expression; 15 Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association; 16 Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family; 17 Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy; 18 Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law'); 19 Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation; 20 Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights protected; 21 Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property; 22 Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education; 23 Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections; 24 The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols