Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Article 1

Obligation to respect human rights

Article 2

Right to life (limited)

Article 3

Prohibition of torture (absolute)

Article 4

Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (limited)

Article 5

Right to liberty and security (limited)

Article 6

Right to fair trial (limited)

Article 7

No punishment without law

Article 8

Right to private and family life (qualified)

Article 9

Freedom of thought, conscience and relgion (internally absolute, externally qualified)

Article 10

Freedom of expression (qualified)

Article 11

Freedom of assembly and association (qualified)

Article 12

Right to marry

Article 13

Right to an effective remedy

Article 14

Prohibition of discrimination

Article 15

Derogation in time of emergency

Derogation must be necessary, proportionate and temporary

No derogation allowed for art. 2/3/4(1)/7

Article 17

Prohibition of abuse of rights

Prevents anyone from using the rights guarenteed by the ECHR to excessively limit the rights of others

Only applied in extreme cases

Article 19

Establishment of the Court

Article 32

Jurisdiction of the Court

Jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all matters concerning interpretation and application of the convention

Article 33

Inter-state cases

Any high contracting party may refer to the Court any alleged breach of the provisions of the Convention and the protocols by another High Contracting Party

Article 34

Individual applications

The Court may receive applications from any person claiming to be a victim of a violation by one of the High Contracting parties and they must not hinder in any way the effective exercise of this right