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Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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110:, subject only to lawful arrest or detention under certain other circumstances, such as arrest on suspicion of a crime or imprisonment in fulfilment of a sentence. The article also provides the right to be informed in a language one understands of the reasons for the arrest and any charge against them, the right of prompt access to judicial proceedings to determine the legality of one's arrest or detention and to trial within a reasonable time or release pending trial, and the right to compensation in the case of arrest or detention in violation of this article. 83:
Everyone arrested or detained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.c of this article shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorised by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release pending trial. Release may be
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or detention of a person effected for the purpose of bringing her/him before the competent legal authority on reasonable suspicion of having committed an offence or when it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent her/his committing an offence or fleeing after having done
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Everyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings by which the lawfulness of her detention shall be decided speedily by a court and her release ordered if the detention is not
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the lawful arrest or detention of a person to prevent her/his effecting an unauthorised entry into the country or of a person against whom action is being taken with a view to deportation or extradition.
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Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of her/his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law:
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the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational supervision or her lawful detention for the purpose of bringing her/him before the competent legal authority;
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the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non-compliance with the lawful order of a court or in order to secure the fulfillment of any obligation prescribed by law;
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the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases, of persons of unsound mind, alcoholics or drug addicts or vagrants;
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Everyone who has been the victim of arrest or detention in contravention of the provisions of this article shall have an enforceable right to compensation.
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Everyone who is arrested shall be informed promptly, in a language which she understands, of the reasons for her arrest and of any charge against her.
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Index

ECHR
right to liberty
security of person
detention
conviction
arrest
liberty
security
Magna Carta
Habeas Corpus Act 1679
Entick v. Carrington
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
HL v. UK. 2004 - App no 45508/99; 40 EHRR 761
Assanidze v. Georgia, App. No. 71503/01 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Apr. 8, 2004)
European Convention on Human Rights
A guide to the implementation of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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Guide on Article 5. Right to liberty and security under
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Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8

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