“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mohandas Gandhi
Following the horrors of World War II, Sir Winston Churchill inspired, and British MP and lawyer Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe led, the establishment of the European Convention on Human Rights under the auspices of The Council of Europe (not to be confused with the European Union) – a convention designed to ensure that no signatory state within post-war Europe would ever again be able to violate the basic fundamental freedoms and human rights of their citizens. The Convention came into force in September 1953.
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