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Mon 07 Jul 2010EU to accede to European Convention on Human Rights
The union will become a party to the convention in the same way each of its member states has since the 1950s, writes Donncha O’Connell
ALTHOUGH NOT likely to attract the same attention as an inter-governmental conference, the European Union recently commenced formal negotiations with the Council of Europe on the issue of EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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