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European Convention on Human Rights The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is the basis of the European human rights system. It was drafted by the Council of Europe in 1950 and has been in force since 1953.
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