Fact sheets
Rights explained
Seven short fact sheets on rights that come up again and again around sport and civic space. Each gives the text of the guarantee, its permitted limits and cases from the Strasbourg court.
7 fact sheets
The seven rights
- Art. 2Article 2 ECHR: The Right to Life, Its Limits and the Cases That Shaped It
- Art. 5Article 5 ECHR: The Right to Liberty and Security and When Detention Is Allowed
- Art. 6Article 6 ECHR: The Right to a Fair Trial and Its Place in Sport Arbitration
- Art. 8Article 8 ECHR: Respect for Private and Family Life and Its Limits
- Art. 9Article 9 ECHR: Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion Explained
- Art. 10Article 10 ECHR: Freedom of Expression, Its Limits and Leading Cases
- Art. 11Article 11 ECHR: Freedom of Assembly and Association and Supporters' Groups
How to read a fact sheet
Each sheet opens with what the guarantee protects, then sets out the limits the Convention allows and names cases decided by the European Court of Human Rights. Where sport raises the issue, the sheet says how.
What each sheet covers
The seven sheets follow the rights the European Convention on Human Rights protects and that most often meet sport: assembly and association, fair trial, liberty and security, life, family and private life, expression, and thought, conscience and religion. Each is written for readers who are not lawyers.
Article 2 ECHR: The Right to Life, Its Limits and the Cases That Shaped It: Article 2 ECHR right to life explained: what the text protects, the three exceptions in paragraph 2, key Strasbourg cases and one sport-related case.
Article 5 ECHR: The Right to Liberty and Security and When Detention Is Allowed: Article 5 ECHR right to liberty and security explained: the exhaustive list of lawful detention grounds, procedural guarantees and football-related cases.
Article 6 ECHR: The Right to a Fair Trial and Its Place in Sport Arbitration: Article 6 ECHR right to a fair trial explained: fair hearing guarantees, when hearings may be closed, and the Mutu, Pechstein, Ali Riza and Semenya cases.
Article 8 ECHR: Respect for Private and Family Life and Its Limits: Article 8 ECHR right to respect for private and family life explained: what it covers, the paragraph 2 limits, key cases and anti-doping whereabouts rules.
Article 9 ECHR: Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion Explained: Article 9 ECHR freedom of thought, conscience and religion explained: the right, the paragraph 2 limits, key Strasbourg cases and school sport rulings.
Article 10 ECHR: Freedom of Expression, Its Limits and Leading Cases: Article 10 ECHR freedom of expression explained: what it protects, the paragraph 2 restrictions, the Handyside principle and sport-related press cases.
Article 11 ECHR: Freedom of Assembly and Association and Supporters' Groups: Article 11 ECHR freedom of assembly and association explained: the right, permitted restrictions, key principles and cases on football supporters' groups.