Deprivation of Liberty by Administrative Action (Austria) Case

Abstract

International law — Relation to municipal law — Operation of treaties — Effect on Austrian statute law of European Convention for Protection of Human Rights, 1950 (Article 5) — The law of Austria.

The individual in international law — Human rights and freedoms — European Convention for Protection of — Right to personal liberty (Article 5) — Grounds for deprivation of liberty — Operation and enforcement of Convention in Austria — Effect on existing Austrian statute permitting revenue authority to impose sentence of imprisonment — The law of Austria.

Treaties — Operation and enforcement of — Effect in municipal law — European Convention for Protection of Human Rights, 1950, Article 5 — Effect of Convention on Austrian statute law — Deprivation of liberty by administrative authority — Whether statute law valid or invalid as contravening Article 5 (1) of Convention — The Law of Austria.