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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive account of the role played by the European Convention on Human Rights during the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968. Brice Dickson studies the effectiveness of the Convention in protecting human rights in a society wracked by terrorism and deep political conflict, detailing the numerous applications lodged at Strasbourg relating to the conflict and considering how they were dealt with by the enforcement bodies. The book illustrates the limitations inherent in the Convention system but also demonstrates how the European Commission and Court of Human Rights gradually developed a more interventionist approach to the applications emanating from Northern Ireland. In turn this allowed the Convention to become a more secure guarantor of basic rights and freedoms during times of extreme civil unrest and political turmoil elsewhere in Europe. The topics examined include the right to life, the right not to be ill-treated, the right to liberty, the r
Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Background to the Conflict and the Rights Discourse ; 3. Early Fumblings with the Convention ; 4. Internment and Restrictions on Movement ; 5. Powers of Arrest ; 6. Detention Pending Charge or Trial ; 7. The Right Not to be Ill-treated ; 8. The Right to a Fair Trial ; 9. The Right to Life ; 10. The Right to a Private and Family Life ; 11. Freedom of Expression, Belief, and Assembly ; 12. Freedom from Discrimination ; 13. The Final Picture ; Appendix: Applications lodged in Strasbourg relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland
