II. DEVELOPMENT. Mark these statements T(true) or F (False) according to the text

Mark these statements T(true) or F (False) according to the text. Find the part of the text that gives correct information.

1. The direct predecessor of the European Convention on Human Rights is the Constitution of the USA.

2. Contracting States undertake to protect human rights set out in the Convention.

3. All the Contracting States have incorporated the Convention into their own law.

4. The Court’s judgement reached by majority vote is ultimate.

5. The Strasbourg Court is a substitute for every national court.

6. A Contracting State has no right to bring a case against another Contracting State.

7. The Court may require a state to pay financial compensation, including damages and the costs of the proceedings.

Make up sentences out of these words and expressions and translate them.

1.Austria / important/ modified/ of/ sections/ its code/ of/ concerning/ criminal/ procedure/ treatment of prisoners/ in/ hospitals.

2.Denmark/ the/ amended/ law/ on custody/ illegitimate children/ of.

3.France/ telephone communications/ passed/ a law/ of/ the security/ relating to.

4.Greece/ detention/ amended/ the/ law/on /provisional.

5.Sweden/ instruction/ religious /amended/ the/ on/ compulsory/law.

6.The/ UK/ in/ state / schools/ outlawed/ punishment/corporal.

Prepositions. Choose the right prepositions in brackets according to the content of the sentences.

(by, for, with, without, according to, in, on)

1. … recent years number of cases considered by the Court has increased considerably as the Convention’s reputation has grown.

2. The European Convention on Human Rights represents “the first steps … the collective enforcement of certain of the rights stated … the Universal Declaration”.

3. The Convention provides … a European Court of Human Rights to deal … individuals’ petitions and their interstate cases.

4. The right to a fair trail, both in civil and criminal proceedings, is guaranteed …Art. 6 of the ECHR.

5. The Additional Protocol of 1998 included the right to equal opportunities and treatment with regard to employment and careers,... discrimination based... sex.

6. Everyone charged … a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty … the law (Art. 5 of ECHR).

7. Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and found a family … the national laws governing the exercise of this right. (Art. 12 of ECHR).

Insert one of the following words in an appropriate form into the text.

The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and

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