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The European Convention on Human Rights and the conflict in Northern Ireland /

Charting the role played by the European Convention on Human Rights during the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present day, this text offers a systematic case-study of the Convention's capacity to protect human rights in a society wracked by terrorism and political conflict.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickson, Brice
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms > (1950 November 5)
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention > 1950 November 4
Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention.
Human rights > Northern Ireland.
Conflict management > Northern Ireland.
Dispute resolution (Law) > Northern Ireland.
Social conflict > Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland > History > 1968-1998.
Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 1968-1998.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Irlande du Nord.
Gestion des conflits > Irlande du Nord.
Règlement de conflits > Irlande du Nord.
Irlande du Nord > Histoire > 1968-1998.
Irlande du Nord > Politique et gouvernement > 1968-1998.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Conflict management
Dispute resolution (Law)
Human rights
Politics and government
Social conflict
Northern Ireland
Nordirlandkonflikt
Nordirlandkonflikt > Bürgerkrieg.
1968-1998
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The background to the conflict and the rights discourse
  • Early fumblings with the Convention
  • Internment and restrictions on movement
  • Powers of arrest
  • Detention pending charge or trial
  • The right not to be ill-treated
  • The right to a fair trial
  • The right to life
  • The right to a private and family life
  • Freedom of expression, belief, and assembly
  • Freedom from discrimination
  • The final picture.