Article 1 of the Convention – Obligation to respect human rights
“The High Contracting Parties shall secure to everyone within their jurisdiction the rights and freedoms defined in Section 1of [the] Convention.”
On 4 November 1950 the members of the Council of Europe signed the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The UK was one of the first members of the Council of Europe to ratify the Convention when it passed through Parliament in 1951.
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