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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Course overview
- 2 Part A: The growth of international human rights and humanitarian law
  - 2.1 Treaties, conventions and constitutions
  - 2.2 Slavery reform
  - 2.3 The Red Cross
  - 2.4 Summary of Part A
- 3 Part B: The European Convention on Human Rights
  - 3.1 Part B overview
  - 3.2 What is the European Convention on Human Rights?
  - 3.3 What were the fundamental human rights which required protection?
  - 3.4 The development of the European Convention on Human Rights
  - 3.5 The European Court of Human Rights
  - 3.6 The terms of the European Convention on Human Rights
  - 3.7 The growth of the ECHR
  - 3.8 Summary of Part B
- 4 Part C: The English courts and human rights
  - 4.1 An overview of the UK perspective
  - 4.2 Effect of the ECHR on English law prior to the Human Rights Act 1998
  - 4.3 Summary of Part C
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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