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Article 3 ECHR

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Right to freedom from torture

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Article 4 ECHR

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Right to freedom from slavery

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Article 5 ECHR

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Right to personal liberty

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Article 6 ECHR

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Right to a fair trial

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Article 7 ECHR

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Right to freedom from retrospective punishment

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Article 8 ECHR

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Right to private and family life

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Article 9 ECHR

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Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion

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Article 10 ECHR

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Right to freedom of expression

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Article 11 ECHR

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Right to freedom of assembly

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Article 12 ECHR

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Right to marry

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Article 13 ECHR

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Right to an effective remedy

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Article 14 ECHR

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Right to freedom from discrimination

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Is Article 2 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Limited

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14
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Is Article 3 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Absolute

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16
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Is Article 4 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Limited

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17
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Is Article 5 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Limited

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Is Article 6 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Limited

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Is Article 7 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Absolute

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Is Article 8 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Is Article 9 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Qualified*

22
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Is Article 10 limited, qualified or absolute?

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Is Article 11 limited, qualified or absolute?

24
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Is Article 12 limited, qualified or absolute?

25
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Is Article 13 limited, qualified or absolute?

26
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Is Article 14 limited, qualified or absolute?

27
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Which Article of the ECHR does Golder v UK relate to?

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Article 6 - Right to a fair hearing

28
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Which Article of the ECHR does Handyside v UK relate to?

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Article 10 - Right to freedom from expression

29
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Which Article of the ECHR does Pretty v UK relate to?

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Article 8 - Right to private and family life

30
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How are judges appointed to the European Court of Human Rights? 3 steps…

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1) Elected by Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe

2) Each of 46 National govts nominates 3 domestic judges

3) Sub-Committee of Parliamentary Assembly chooses one

31
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Proportionality

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Balancing the general interests of the community with protecting individual rights.

32
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Margin of appreciation

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A form of legal discretion recognising that a state can be presumed to be best qualified to appreciate issues facing its own jurisdiction.

33
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What value is enshrined in a wide margin of appreciation?

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Respecting and upholding domestic states’ sovereignty

34
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What value is enshrined in a narrow margin of appreciation?

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Prioritisation of rights protections according to the Strasbourg interpretation.

35
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What was created following the Brighton Declaration 2012?

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Protocol 15

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What is Protocol 15?

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Added to the preamble of the ECHR in 2012 following the Brighton Declaration + codifies the principle of subsidiarity and margin of appreciation.

37
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Which Article of the ECHR did Chahal v UK concern?

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Article 3 - Right to freedom from torture (Absolute right)

38
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What was the result in Chahal v UK?

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Having considered the context of India’s treatment of Sikh separationist movement and its history of torture, and the nature of Article 3 being absolute, the court held the states’ margin of appreciation should be construed narrowly.

39
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Name a criticism of the margin of appreciation

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Codifying the margin of appreciation in Protocol 15 was criticised for being political / preserving member states’ consent to be bound by the ECHR, rather than to protect rights.

40
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Which Article of the ECHR does the Rwanda Migration Partnership relate to?

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Article 3 - Right to freedom from torture (absolute)

41
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Define torture

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Has a ‘special stigma’ and is defined as the ‘deliberate and inhuman treatment causing very serious suffering’.

42
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Define inhuman treatment

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‘Actual bodily injury or intense physical or mental suffering’.

43
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Define degrading treatment

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‘Treatment that humiliates… an individual… diminishing their human dignity.’

44
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What is a Rule 39 interim measure?

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An urgent measure (comparable to an injunction) applies by the European Court of Human Rights, ONLY where an imminent risk of irreversible harm contrary to Article 3.

45
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AP and others v France established… (3 factors)

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1) The need to demonstrate an ‘irreversible’ change of appearance violated Article 8.

2) No violation of Article 8 re requirement to demonstrate a gender identity disorder.

3) No violation of Article 8 re requirement to undergo an intimate medical examination

46
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What procedure did the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 use to change the meaning of ‘serious disruption’?

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Affirmative resolution procedure

47
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What is the constitutional issue raised by the Public Order Act 2023?

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UK Government’s use of a Statutory Instrument to change the meaning of ‘serious disruption’ to introduce a change that was already rejected by Parliament.

48
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Relevance of Henry VIII powers to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022?

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Amends s.14 of the 1986 Public Order Act, but adds in a Henry VIII powers allowing the Secretary of State to amend the Public Order Act itself.

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