Title I

Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court…

No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.

Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with…

In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or in the determination of the merits of any criminal charge against him, everyone is…

No one shall be held guilty of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence under national or international law at the time when…

Everyone has the right to respect for his private life, his family life, his home and his correspondence.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom…

Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas…

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association, including the right to form and to join trade unions with…

Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right.

Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an entitlement to an effective remedy before a national…

The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race…

In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation any High Contracting Party may take measures derogating from its…

None of the provisions of Articles 10, 11 and 14 shall be regarded as preventing the High Contracting Parties from imposing restrictions on the…

Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed…

The restrictions permitted under this Convention on the rights and freedoms described may be applied only for the purpose for which they have been…