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Momentous ECHR abortion judgment impinges upon member-state autonomy

By Yuriy Vilner

Gerolf Hagens [Teamleider, Kaveity & Kaveity]: "On November 4th, 1950 the European Convention on Human Rights was brought to life; 13 countries (including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Greece and the Netherlands) signed the convention in Rome. Over time, 47 countries have joined the Council of Europe, which promotes human rights and coordinates the proper application of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the Convention, the right to life is mentioned several times, as in article 2, which provides that everyone's life shall be protected by law, and in article 8, which provides a right to respect for one's "private and family life, his home and his correspondence" Whereas Article

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on January 02, 2011 (boomark / email).