Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.
Senators will note that most of the up-to-date texts of the convention and its four main operational protocols, also being given effect in our law, are appended to the Bill for ease of reference. The 1952 protocol deals with property, educational and electoral rights. The fourth protocol contains, among other things, the right to freedom of movement and also prohibits individual or collective expulsion of nationals. The sixth protocol deals with the abolition of the death penalty while the seventh contains procedural safeguards concerning the expulsion of lawfully resident aliens, the right of appeal in criminal matters, compensation for wrongful conviction and the right not to be punished twice for the same offence, and equality between spouses.
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