Article 5 A01 Flashcards
Article 5
Right to Liberty & Security
Type of right
Limited Right
Define Deprivation - Guzzardi v Italy
Will be based on the ‘degree or intensity’ - (type, duration, effects, manner)
Define Deprivation - Austin v UK
Being ‘kettled’ doesn’t breach Article 5 - not a deprivation
Define Deprivation - Cheshire West v P (case)
rules on deprivation apply to all citizens equally regardless of motive. (JE v DE, disabled people)
Art 5(1)
Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person
No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases set out in
Article 5(1)(a)-(f):
Art 5(1)(a) (case)
Detention after conviction - Stafford v UK.
Art 5(1)(b)
Non- compliance with a court order
Art 5(1)(c) (case)
Reasonable suspicion of committing an offence - Shimovolos v Russia
Art 5(1)(d)
Detention of a minor
Art 5(1)(e)
Prevent spreading of disease, those of unsound mind, alcoholics, drug addicts or
vagrants
Art 5(1)(e) Winterwerp v Netherlands reasons detention can be justified:
- Medically recognised condition
- Disorder must be sufficient to justify the detention
- Detention - duration the disorder exists
- Detention - appropriate institution
- Detention - periodically reviewed (Cheshire West)
Art 5(1)(e) Cheshire West v P (clarified three things)
A person under continuous supervision and control is not ‘free to leave.’
- Mentally incapacitated people have the same right to liberty as everyone else.
-If a person’s liberty is deprived due to mental health then this must be sanctioned by a court order or a declaration under the Mental Capacity Act.
Art 5(1)(e) JE v DE Surrey County Council
Relative levels of freedom did not mean a person was not deprived of his freedom if he was not ‘free to leave’
Art 5(1)(f)
To prevent unauthorised entry into a country; deportation or extradition
Art 5(2) (case)
Right to be promptly informed of the grounds for arrest - Fox, Campbell and Hartley v
UK
Art 5(3) (case)
ight to be brought promptly before a judge - McKay v UK
Art 5(4)
Right to challenge the lawfulness of the detention and release ordered if not lawful