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Human Rights and
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Human rights handbooks
Practical guides to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights
 
Written by experts in the field, each handbook deals with one aspect of the European Convention on Human Rights or its protocols. The handbooks are intended as a very practical guide to how particular articles of the European Convention on Human Rights have been applied and interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. They were written with legal practitioners, and particularly judges, in mind, but are accessible also to other interested readers.
Titles in the series from the on-line catalogue of the European Court of Human Rights (with links to downloadable versions in PDF format where available).
 
Latest issues

Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights

Protecting the right to respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights

Protecting the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights

 
 

Handbook No. 1 : The right to respect for private and family life: A guide to the implementation of Article 8 of the ECHR

 

Handbook No. 2 : Freedom of expression: A guide to the implementation of Article 10 of the ECHR

Handbook No. 3 : The right to a fair trial: A guide to the implementation of Article 6 of the ECHR

 

Handbook No. 4 : The right to property: A guide to the implementation of Article 1 Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR

Handbook No. 5 : The right to liberty and security of the person: A guide to the implementation of Article 5 of the ECHR

Handbook No. 6 : The prohibition of torture: A guide to the implementation of Article 3 of the ECHR
 

Handbook No. 7 : Positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: A guide to the implementation of the ECHR

Handbook No. 8 : The right to life: A guide to the implementation of Article 2 of the ECHR

Handbook No. 9 : Freedom of thought, conscience and religion: A guide to the implementation of Article 9 of the ECHR

 

Handbook No. 10 : The right to property under the European Convention on Human Rights: A guide to the implementation of the ECHR and its protocols