Key Provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights | OCR A-Level Law (H418)

Key Provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights

82 questions
3 subtopics
Component 3: Human rights, one of the two third-paper options
Component 3

The Articles the specification names, and the structure of absolute, limited and qualified rights..

It covers articles 5 and 6: liberty and a fair trial, articles 8, 10 and 11: private life, expression and assembly and restricting qualified rights: prescribed by law, legitimate aims and necessity.

Sample questions from Key Provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

Articles 5 and 6: liberty and a fair trial

What does Article 6 guarantee regarding preparation of a defence?

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Adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence.
Articles 5 and 6: liberty and a fair trial

Name three specified circumstances in which Article 5 permits deprivation of liberty.

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Lawful detention after conviction, arrest on reasonable suspicion of an offence, and detention of minors for educational supervision.
Articles 8, 10 and 11: private life, expression and assembly

What does freedom to hold opinions mean under Article 10?

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The right to form and maintain personal views without state interference.
Articles 8, 10 and 11: private life, expression and assembly

What protection does Article 8 provide regarding a person's dwelling?

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The right to respect for one's home.
Restricting qualified rights: prescribed by law, legitimate aims and necessity

What three requirements must be met for a restriction to be 'prescribed by law'?

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It must have a basis in domestic law, be accessible, and be foreseeable in its application.
Restricting qualified rights: prescribed by law, legitimate aims and necessity

What legitimate aims may justify restricting Article 11 rights?

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National security, public safety, prevention of disorder or crime, protection of health or morals, and protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

The 3 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
Articles 5 and 6: liberty and a fair trial	Recall questions on Article 5, the right to liberty and security, its permitted grounds of detention and the rights of an arrested person, and on Article 6, the right to a fair trial, including an independent and impartial tribunal, the presumption of innocence and the rights of the defence.	35
Articles 8, 10 and 11: private life, expression and assembly	Recall questions on Article 8's protection of private life, family life, home and correspondence, Article 10's freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information, and Article 11's freedom of peaceful assembly and association, including the right to form and join trade unions.	29
Restricting qualified rights: prescribed by law, legitimate aims and necessity	Recall questions on why Articles 8, 10 and 11 are qualified rights and the conditions for restricting them: prescribed by law, accessibility, the legitimate aims under each article, necessity in a democratic society, pressing social need and proportionality, and the sources of restrictions.	18

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How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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