action | group | outline of argument(s) | for/against issues |
ECHR Article 3 (on degrading treatment) |
unimpeachable men whose lives have been damaged more than
their (ex-)wifes life was damaged by the divorce process i.e. those men divorced using fabricated/perjured unreasonable behaviour petitions, that is those who have done nothing substantively wrong and not proved so in court, then had their lives damaged with removal of children, home, life savings and future income |
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they may say :
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ECHR Article 4 (no one shall be held in servitude) |
any man paying child maintenance which is beyond a half share
in that required to support children i.e. beyond accepted and specified social security
rates for child support - could use case of a man with a deduction of earnings order |
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article being mis-applied |
ECHR Article 6(1) (on a fair and public hearing) (CWO REPORT INACCURATE) |
those men who have contested residence or contact and lost, who also had a fabricated welfare report which was accepted by the judge |
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ECHR Article 6(1) (on a fair and public hearing) (EQUALITY OF ARMS) |
any man who has been forced to act for himself while the state provides legal aid to his (ex-)wife for solicitor or barrister |
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ECHR Article 8(2) (on interference by authority in family life) |
as ECHR Article 3 |
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ECHR Article 12 (on right to marry and found a family) |
any man divorced who has found that marriage was not a
distinctive state and in fact more damaging than cohabitation any man who has not (re)married and who is familiar with what is going on in matrimonial and family law |
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ECHR Article 14 (on discrimination) THIS TO BE COMBINED WITH ANY OF :
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as ECHR Article 3 |
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ECHR Article 1 of Protocol 1 (on enjoyment of possessions) |
as ECHR Article 3 |
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unknown |
ICCPR Article 14 (on equality before courts) similar to ECHR Article 6(1) ? |
as ECHR Article 3 | as ECHR Article 12 |
NOTE : can only make submissions under "1503"
procedure about a "consistent pattern of violations" ISSUE : SHOULD WE ENCORAGE OTHERS e.g. Australians to use ICCPR, as ECHR is not available to them |
ICCPR Article 23(2) (on right to marry and found a family) as ECHR Article 12 |
as ECHR Article 12 | as ECHR Article 12 |
as ECHR Article 12 |
ICCPR Article 23(4) (equality of rights and responsibilities during marriage and at its dissolution) NB as ECHR Article 5 of Protocol 7 - is not ratified by the UK i.e. not available at ECHR |
those men treated differently to their wives in matrimonial
and family law
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ISSUE : NOT AVAILABLE IN ECHR, SO SHOULD USE IT despite above issue re: other groups world-wide such as the Australians |
ICCPR Article 26 (on equality before the law and no discrimination in the protection of the law) as ECHR Article 14 but see ISSUE |
as ICCPR Article 23(4) |
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ISSUE : doesnt need to be combined with other articles |
References
The Emperors New Clothes : Divorce Process and Consequence, 2nd Edition, The Cheltenham Group, February 1998, ISBN 1 900080 03 6.
Marriage and Fatherhood : Important Information for Young Men, 2nd Edition, The Cheltenham Group, 1998, ISBN 1 900080 05 2.
The NAPO Anti-sexism Policy & Lack of Available Remedies, The Cheltenham Group, 11 June 1998.
Equal Rights / Anti-sexism, National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO), 4 Chivalry Road, London, SW11 1HT, September 1996.
Letter, from Gaenor Kyffin of NAPO Administration, 4 Chivalry Road, London SW11 1HT, 23 April 1997.
Divorce Law Practice : The Invisible Engine of a Matrilineal Society, Dr John Campion, The Cheltenham Group, 31 January 1998.
Farewell to the Family ?, Patricia Morgan, Institute of Economic Affairs, January 1995, ISBN 0 255 363 56 7.
- The Fight for the Family : the adults behind childrens rights, Lynette Burrows, Family Education Trust, ISBN 0 906229 14 6.
Barry Worrall Director, Cheltenham Group date: 6 April 1999 |
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