The European Convention on Human Rights and the conflict in Northern Ireland
By: Brice Dickson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780199571383
Subjects: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- (1950); Human rights -- Northern Ireland; Conflict management -- Northern Ireland; Dispute resolution (Law) -- Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: The background to the conflict and the rights discourse; title: Early fumblings with the Convention; title: Internment and restrictions on movement; title: Powers of arrest; title: Detention pending charge or trial; title: The right not to be ill-treated; title: The right to a fair trial; title: The right to life; title: The right to a private and family life; title: Freedom of expression, belief, and assembly; title: Freedom from discrimination; title: The final picture.