4 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS 5.4.1 Background The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1951 (the ECHR) was one of many inter-state initiatives that took place in the years immediately after the Second World War. Several such initiatives are set out in Figure 5.6, below. Figure 5.6: inter-state initiatives post-1949–57

DOI link for 4 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS 5.4.1 Background The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1951 (the ECHR) was one of many inter-state initiatives that took place in the years immediately after the Second World War. Several such initiatives are set out in Figure 5.6, below. Figure 5.6: inter-state initiatives post-1949–57

4 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS 5.4.1 Background The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1951 (the ECHR) was one of many inter-state initiatives that took place in the years immediately after the Second World War. Several such initiatives are set out in Figure 5.6, below. Figure 5.6: inter-state initiatives post-1949–57