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Concrete situations

Listes de points à vérifier par les agents publics

Convention rights and issues I need to consider in the following situations...

  • Use of force
  • Protection of others from violence, injury and risk to life
  • Being in charge of persons deprived of their liberty (in any context)
  • Arresting and detaining people on suspicion of committing a criminal offence
  • Dealing with would-be immigrants
  • Looking after psychiatric patients
  • Eavesdropping or secretly monitoring communications
  • Dealing with family issues like adoption and taking children into care
  • Authorising or policing meetings or demonstrations
  • Dealing with planning applications
  • Taking decisions affecting a person's right to carry on a business, trade or profession

 

Convention rights and issues
I need to consider in some concrete situations

Reflexes to adopt

Do you touch on any of the Convention rights in your work?


Some judgments
of the European Court
of Human Rights

The European Convention
on Human Rights


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    of Torture and Inhuman
    or Degrading Treatment
    or Punishment (CPT)
  • Treaty Office of the Council
    of Europe
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