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Article 4 is an absolute right, which means it cannot be restricted. There is an absolute prohibition on slavery and servitude, under section (1), with no scope for derogation. Article 15(2) clarifies that there is no derogation from Article 4(1), even "in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation".
Article 4 prohibits slavery, servitude and forced labour but exempts labour: done as a normal part of imprisonment, in the form of compulsory military service or work done as an alternative by conscientious objectors, required to be done during a state of emergency, and; considered to be a part of a person's normal "civic obligations".
The European Union's (EU) Treaty of Lisbon, in force since 1 December 2009, requires the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Article 6 of the consolidated Treaty on European Union states "The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Such accession ...
Sections 4 and 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 are provisions that enable the Human Rights Act 1998 to take effect in the United Kingdom. Section 4 allows courts to issue a declaration of incompatibility where it is impossible to use section 3 to interpret primary or subordinate legislation so that their provisions are compatible with the articles of the European Convention of Human Rights ...
Article Four may refer to the 4th article of any regulatory document, such as: Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights; Article Four (political party), political party in Sicily, Italy; Article 4 of the Constitution of India, providing for amendments relating to states and union territories; Article Four of the United States ...
Article 18 establishes the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and article 19 establishes the Court of Justice. Title 4, Provisions on enhanced cooperations. Title 4 has only one article which allows a limited number of member states to co-operate within the EU if others are blocking integration in that field.
The Court made awards under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (just satisfaction) that were substantially lower than those it made in past cases of unlawful detention, in view of the fact that the detention scheme was devised in the face of a public emergency and as an attempt to reconcile the need to protect the United ...
Young, James and Webster v United Kingdom [1981] ECHR 4 is a UK labour law case, concerning freedom of association and the closed shop. [1] It found that the closed shop was incompatible with the convention, although it does not prevent fair share agreements, or automatic enrollment in union membership with an opt-out.