41. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said Tuesday that he believed the European Convention on Human Rights did not apply. 42. Their return to Afghanistan would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights , the authority said. 43. The Court supervises compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and thus functions as the highest European court. 44. This was the first declaration of incompatibility made under the European Convention on Human Rights Act passed in 2003. 45. Also in 1950, the European Convention on Human Rights was adopted, widely used on racial discrimination issues. 46. The European Court of Human Rights has referred to the Convention when interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights . 47. The European Convention on Human Rights has since 1950 defined and guaranteed human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe. 48. MacBride was Minister of External Affairs when the Council of Europe was drafting the European Convention on Human Rights . 49. This provision of the constitution had been ruled to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights . 50. The European Convention on Human Rights has been recognised by the courts as having legal effect in the jurisdiction.
