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A Glossary:
Legal Terms
Facts	The description of what had happened to the claimant. This includes more general description of who they are, circumstances of the perceived violation of their rights and the proceedings in domestic courts before their appeal to ECtHR.
Arguments	The judges explanation of why did they decide the case the way they did. This includes citations of previous cases, application of any relevant legal test, development of a new legal test, analysis of the facts etc.
Precedent	Cases that have been cited by the judges as part of their arguments.
Ratio Decidendi	The reasons for the decision in a case that is binding on the subsequent cases. Also known as the ratio. What exactly is ratio is contested by legal scholars.
Obiter Dicta	The non-binding discussions in the case. Whatever is not ratio.
Binding	Judges are expected to adhere to the binding rules of law and decide future access accordingly.
Stare Decisis	New cases with the same facts to the already decided case should lead to the same outcome. This is the doctrine of precedent by which judges can create law.
Caselaw	Transcripts of the court proceedings.
ECHR	European Convention of Human Rights, comprises of the Convention and the Protocols to the convention. The Protocols are the additions and amendments to the Convention introduced after the signing of the original Convention.
ECtHR	European Court of Human Rights, adjudicates ECHR cases.
Selected ECHR Articles
Article 2:
Right to life	Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law.
Article 3:
Prohibition of torture	No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 4:
Prohibition of slavery and forced labour	No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
Article 8:
Right to respect for private and family life	Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
Article 9:
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion	Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
Article 10:
Freedom of expression	Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent States from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television or cinema enterprises.
Article 11:
Freedom of assembly and association	Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 12:
Right to marry	Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right.
Article 13:
Right to an effective remedy	Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.
Article 14:
Prohibition of discrimination	The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.
Article 18:
Limitation on use of restrictions on rights	The restrictions permitted under this Convention to the said rights and freedoms shall not be applied for any purpose other than those for which they have been prescribed.
B Facts & Arguments Examples
Fact	The applicants, D.P. and J.C., who are sister and brother, are United Kingdom nationals, born in 1964 and 1967 and living in London and Nottingham, respectively...
Argument	Article 2 of the Convention provides, in its first sentence: “1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. ..." 46. The applicants complain that the authorities failed to protect the life of their son and were responsible for his death...