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CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BEING VIOLATED ACROSS THE WORLD?
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Better known as the European Convention on Human Rights, was opened for signature in Rome on 4 November 1950 and came into force in 1953. It was the first instrument to give effect to certain of the rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and make them binding.
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