Tokens: There
is
nothing
in
the
condition
which
offends
against
personal
dignity
or
which
could
be
considered
a
breach
of
the
obligations
of
States
under
the
Convention
.
It
would
have
to
be
held
repugnant
to
the
Convention
,
for
example
,
if
the
State
were
to
assume
the
power
to
require
the
Applicant
to
repudiate
the
political
beliefs
for
which
he
was
fighting
as
a
member
of
the
IRA
.
Such
a
requirement
would
certainly
be
contrary
to
Article
10
(
art
.
10
)
,
whereby
everyone
has
the
right
to
freedom
of
expression
and
freedom
to
hold
opinions
and
to
receive
and
impart
information
and
ideas
.
But
the
text
of
that
Article
itself
shows
that
the
undertaking
required
of
the
Applicant
by
the
Irish
Government
as
the
condition
of
his
release
,
namely
an
undertaking
to
respect
thenceforth
the
Constitution
of
Ireland
and
the
laws
,
was
in
keeping
with
the
true
spirit
of
the
Convention
.
This
is
apparent
from
the
enumeration
of
cases
where
,
under
most
of
the
Articles
,
the
State
is
authorised
to
restrict
or
even
prevent
the
exercise
of
the
individual
rights
.
And
these
cases
are
in
fact
those
involving
the
preservation
of
public
safety
,
national
security
and
territorial
integrity
and
the
maintenance
of
order
(
Articles
2
(
2
)
(
c
)
,
4
(
3
)
(
c
)
,
5
,
6
,
8
(
2
)
,
9
(
2
)
and
11
(
2
)
)
(
art
.
2
-
2
-
c
,
art
.
4
-
3
-
c
,
art
.
5
,
art
.
6
,
art
.
8
-
2
,
art
.
9
-
2
,
art
.
11
-
2
)
.
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