“If ‘A Man For All Seasons’ had been written 20 years earlier, Article 17 would not have been included in the European Convention on Human Rights.” Discuss.
“Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7515521-william-roper-so-now-you-give-the-devil-the-benefit
“Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7515521-william-roper-so-now-you-give-the-devil-the-benefit
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https://ks.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr-ks/guide_art_17_eng
Guide on ECHR Article 17 (Prohibition of abuse of rights)
From the Introduction
2. The text of Article 17 is derived from Article 30 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
(as I'd expected)
I didn't have space to add that if Civil or Human Rights are not Universal, then they are all too easily soon diminished.
If they ain't Universal, they ain't worth the paper.
Take away rights from criminals, "bad people" or the devil;
sooner or later, someone takes them away from you.