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Table of Cases | p. xiii |
Tables of Legislation | p. xxv |
List of Abbreviations | p. xxxix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Background to the Conflict and the Rights Discourse | p. 5 |
Competing nationalisms | p. 5 |
The partition of Ireland | p. 8 |
Northern Ireland and the Special Powers Act | p. 9 |
Direct rule | p. 12 |
Human rights discourse in Northern Ireland | p. 14 |
Early calls for a Bill of Rights | p. 16 |
The Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights | p. 17 |
Conclusion | p. 20 |
Early Fumblings with the Convention | p. 23 |
The Convention's origin and content | p. 23 |
The Convention's limitations | p. 27 |
The situation in Northern Ireland when the Convention became binding | p. 29 |
The Republic of Ireland's emergency legislation | p. 30 |
The IRA and internment in the Republic | p. 32 |
Lawless v Ireland | p. 34 |
Was there a public emergency in Ireland? | p. 36 |
Were the measures taken in Ireland strictly required? | p. 38 |
Access by individuals to the European Court | p. 40 |
Complaints of religious discrimination | p. 42 |
Bernadette Devlin v United Kingdom | p. 48 |
Miscellaneous complaints | p. 49 |
Conclusion | p. 51 |
Internment and Restrictions on Movement | p. 53 |
The practice of internment in Northern Ireland | p. 53 |
The Diplock Commission and the EPA 1973 | p. 55 |
The Gardiner Committee and the EPA 1975 | p. 57 |
The criminalization policy | p. 58 |
Ireland v United Kingdom | p. 61 |
The European CourtÆs decision | p. 63 |
Further derogations | p. 68 |
Internment in the twenty-first century | p. 70 |
Port powers | p. 74 |
McVeigh, O'Neill and Evans v United Kingdom | p. 76 |
The Shackleton and Jellicoe reviews | p. 79 |
Powers to stop and question | p. 80 |
Exclusion orders | p. 82 |
Attempts to challenge exclusion orders in the courts | p. 84 |
Criticisms of the power to exclude | p. 89 |
Conclusion | p. 92 |
Powers of Arrest | p. 93 |
The scope of Article 5 of the Convention | p. 93 |
The right to security | p. 95 |
Arrests in connection with criminal offences | p. 96 |
'Ordinary' and 'special' arrest powers | p. 97 |
Special army arrest powers | p. 98 |
The Baker Review and the EPA 1987 | p. 100 |
Margaret Murray v United Kingdom | p. 102 |
Special police arrest powers | p. 105 |
Challenging arrests in domestic courts | p. 108 |
Fox, Campbell and Hartley v United Kingdom | p. 112 |
O'Hara v United Kingdom | p. 114 |
Conclusion | p. 117 |
Detention Pending Charge or Trial | p. 118 |
The right of detainees to be brought before a judge | p. 118 |
Brogan v United Kingdom | p. 121 |
Further challenges to the derogation notice | p. 124 |
The right of detainees to be charged or released | p. 129 |
The right of detainees to be released pending trial | p. 131 |
General rules on bail | p. 135 |
Conclusion | p. 137 |
The Right Not to be Ill-treated | p. 139 |
Article 3 of the Convention | p. 139 |
Donnelly v United Kingdom | p. 142 |
Ireland v United Kingdom | p. 146 |
Diplock, the EPA, and the Bennett Inquiry | p. 153 |
The holding centres | p. 159 |
Developments since 1989 | p. 161 |
Punishment attacks | p. 165 |
Conclusion | p. 167 |
The Right to a Fair Trial | p. 169 |
Access to a solicitor | p. 170 |
The right of immediate access | p. 174 |
The right of access during police interviews | p. 182 |
Judicial review of prosecutorial decisions | p. 186 |
The presumption of innocence and the burden of proof | p. 189 |
Proof of membership of unlawful organizations | p. 191 |
The admissibility of evidence | p. 196 |
The right to remain silent | p. 198 |
The use of informers | p. 203 |
The right to jury trial | p. 205 |
The right to trial within a reasonable time | p. 210 |
The right to no punishment without law | p. 212 |
Extradition | p. 214 |
Conclusion | p. 223 |
The Right to Life | p. 225 |
The wording of Article 2 of the Convention | p. 226 |
The death penalty | p. 228 |
The right to be protected against risks to life | p. 231 |
Post-Osman cases relating to Northern Ireland | p. 237 |
The Key Persons Protection Scheme | p. 239 |
Claims by witnesses to anonymity | p. 244 |
The right not to be killed | p. 248 |
Rubber and plastic bullets | p. 260 |
The use of potentially lethal force today | p. 265 |
The right to a thorough investigation | p. 268 |
Inquests | p. 274 |
Conclusion | p. 275 |
The Right to a Private and Family Life | p. 276 |
Prison conditions | p. 276 |
Strip-searches | p. 284 |
Transfer of prisoners | p. 287 |
Other prison issues | p. 290 |
Searches of property | p. 293 |
Sexual issues | p. 297 |
Conclusion | p. 298 |
Freedom of Expression, Belief, and Assembly | p. 300 |
Bans on broadcasting and reporting | p. 300 |
Freedom of expression and elections | p. 306 |
Freedom of expression and parliamentary processes | p. 314 |
Treason, sedition, and incitement to disaffection | p. 319 |
Prisoners and journalists | p. 323 |
Belief and identity issues | p. 326 |
Recruitment to the police | p. 329 |
Parades | p. 330 |
Conclusion | p. 338 |
Freedom from Discrimination | p. 340 |
Religious and political discrimination | p. 342 |
The relevance of the European Convention | p. 345 |
Tinnelly&Son Ltd and McElduff v United Kingdom | p. 350 |
Other grounds of discrimination | p. 356 |
Housing and education issues | p. 359 |
Conclusion | p. 361 |
The Final Picture | p. 362 |
The contribution of the Convention in Northern Ireland | p. 362 |
A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland? | p. 365 |
The Convention and conflicts in other European societies | p. 369 |
The future | p. 375 |
Appendix: Applications lodged in Strasbourg relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland | p. 377 |
Bibliography | p. 397 |
Index | p. 425 |
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