Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

The basic rights and freedoms contained in the European Convention on Human Rights. The Human Rights Act 1988 means that most of the convention rights are available to everyone in the United Kingdom, regardless of their age, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender or religion and beliefs. It is an offence for a public body to breach any person's human rights, and under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, 'public body' includes any provider that supplies accommodation together with nursing or personal care on behalf of a local authority.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is an international treaty between the States of the Council of Europe. The United Kingdom was one of the States that drafted the ECHR and was one of the first States to ratify it in 1951. The Convention came into force in 1953. The current version of the Convention incorporates the amendments made by Protocols No. 11, 14 and 15, in 1998, 2010 and 2021 respectively. The substantive rights and freedoms contained in the Convention are: Article 2: the right to life Article 3: the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment Article 4: the prohibition of slavery and forced labour Article 5: the right to liberty and security Article 6: the right to a fair trial Article 7: the prohibition of retrospective criminal penalties Article 8: the right to private and family life Article 9: the freedom of thought, conscience and religion Article 10: the freedom of expression Article 11: the freedom of assembly and association Article 12: the right to marry Article 13: the right to an effective national remedy for breach of these rights Article 14: the prohibition of discrimination in the protection of these rights The UK has also ratified Protocol No. 13 to the Convention on the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, as well Protocol No. 1, which contains three additional rights: Article 1 of Protocol No.1: the right to free enjoyment of property Article 2 of Protocol No.1: the right to education Article 3 of Protocol No.1: the right to free and fair elections