| Text: Legal provision off human rights protection Vocabulary in use |
Task 1: answer the following questions
1. Why does the problem of human rights become so important and disputable now/ in the society? 2. What rights are considered to be the human ones? 3. What is the situation of human rights protection in your country?
Task 2: read and translate the text
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953. All Council of Europe member states are party to the Convention and new members are expected to ratify the convention at the earliest opportunity.
The Convention established the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Any person who feels his or her rights have been violated under the Convention by a state party can take a case to the Court. Judgments finding violations are binding on the States concerned and they are obliged to execute them. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors the execution of judgments, particularly to ensure payment of the amounts awarded by the Court to the applicants in compensation for the damage they have sustained. The establishment of a Court to protect individuals from human rights violations is an innovative feature for an international convention on human rights, as it gives the individual an active role on the international arena (traditionally, only states are considered actors in international law). The European Convention is still the only international human rights agreement providing such a high degree of individual protection. State parties can also take cases against other state parties to the Court, although this power is rarely used. The Convention has several protocols, which amend the convention framework.
Besides various "basic" rights that cannot be violated under any circumstances are set forth in international human rights documents such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The rights established by these documents include economic, social, cultural, political and civil rights
Vocabulary:
to enter into force
to take a case ( )
finding (), (),
to oblige to execute
to sustain the court judgment
to provide a high degree of protection
Task 3: find the synonyms of the following words in the text
| agreement | basic | Wait | supply | bound |
| safeguard | design | possibility | apply | breach |
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Task 4: choose the correct word and fill in the blanks in the sentences
| convention | conventionalism | conventionalize |
| conventional | conventionality | conventual |
1. The procedure of inauguration _________ by the protocol is to be exercised without changes. 2. In his plays Bernard Show exposed ____________, accepted in bourgeois society. 3. Normally ______________are worked out on certain sphere of a social life. 4. Being tired of city I enjoyed the silence of _____________ life. 5. The Speaker made a very ________speech during briefing. 6. He explained his irritability by _________ of the job.
| socialize | socialist | Social | sociability | socially |
| sociality | socialism | sociable | socialite |
1. A self-made man may become ____________ in American society. 2. After the Great October revolution the strategic branches of industry were ______. 3. The history of the Union of Soviet ____________ Republic dates back to 1917. 4. ________ is the most pleasant feature of is character. 5. Today there are too many ________ undefended citizens. 6. Due to its _______ our society looks like a market governed by sale-purchase laws. 7. There are too many characteristics of ________ in the life on Scandinavian countries. 8. The _______sector is under great attention of Prime Minister. 9. The ________ investigator may find important evidence detecting the crime.
Task 5: make the expressions with the proposed words, translate them
| to protect | to establish | |||
| right | case | |||
| active | international | |||
Task 6: define the correct completion of the sentences
1. The European Convention on Human Rights is an international treaty .
a) to reduce human rights b) to defend human rights c) to limit human rights
2. The Convention established .
a) the United Nations Organization b) the European Court of Human Rights c) the UN Security Council
3. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors .
a) the spreading of democracy b) the violation of human rights c) the execution of judgments
4. The Court of Human Rights gives the individual possibility ..
a) to act on the international arena b) to work on the international
arena c) to fight on the international arena
5. The European Convention is the international agreement .
a) providing human rights protection b) providing human rights confirmation c) providing human rights development
