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Why the Convention system exists

Why the Convention system exists

Relationship diagram showing the Council of Europe, the ECHR treaty, the European Court of Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts and the UK Parliament, with arrows showing how Convention rights enter UK law and Strasbourg case law influences domestic courts

After the Second World War, European states wanted minimum standards of rights protection to prevent a repeat of fascism, the Holocaust and wider abuse of state power. Human rights here are basic rights and freedoms that protect individuals against the state.

Protection of the individual's human rights and freedoms in the UK Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Law
  3. /Protection of the individual's human rights and freedoms in the UK

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Law Protection of the individual's human rights and freedoms in the UK. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.

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