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The UK signed the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950.
False
The ECHR is part of EU law.
False
The Convention was drafted by the United Nations.
False
Signatory states are only obligated to respect the human rights of their own citizens.
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Limited rights can be limited in any situation.
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Qualified rights can never be interfered with by the state.
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Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits the use of the death penalty in all circumstances.
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An individual can bring a claim to the ECtHR without exhausting all domestic remedies first.
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The rights covered under Articles 2–7 of the European Convention on Human Rights contain exceptions that allow for their limitation in certain cases.
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The right to life protected under Article 2 does not extend to protecting embryos from destruction.
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The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted in 1949 when most European countries had already abolished the death penalty.
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The case of Tkhelidze v Georgia established that authorities have a positive obligation to prevent any risk to an individual's life from criminal acts of a third party.
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