ABSTRACT
The European Convention on Human Rights was devised by the Council of Europe, which was set up after the Second World War to achieve unity in matters such as the protection of fundamental human rights. It was drafted in the light of the atrocities that took place before and during the Second World War and was signed by the High Contracting Parties in 1950, entering into force in 1953. The United Kingdom ratifi ed the treaty in 1957, and in 1966 it accepted both the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court and the power of the European Commission (now the Court) of Human Rights to receive alleged violations of Convention rights.
