The first complete article-by-article English commentary on the ECHR, with chapters devoted to each distinct provision or article, this commentary explores the substance of the rights, the workings of the Court, and the enforcement of judgements.

• Part One: Introduction


• Part Two: The European Convention on Human Rights


• Part Three: Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights


• Part Four: Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the First Protocol thereto


• Part Five: Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty


• Part Six: Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights


• Part Seven: Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights


• Part Eight: Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances


• Part Nine: Protocol No 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights

William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University, emeritus professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. Professor Schabas holds BA and MA degrees in history from the University of Toronto and LLB, LLM, and LLD degrees from the University of Montreal, as well as several honorary doctorates. He is the author of more than twenty books and 350 articles dealing with international human rights law, the International Criminal Court, and genocide, and is the author of the highly acclaimed Commentary on the International Criminal Court. Professor Schabas was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006. He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2007.