organisations or groups can only bring an action when they are claiming that their rights (as distinct legal persons) have been violated. For instance, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) cannot bring actions on behalf of people whose rights may have been violated by a contracting state. It can only bring an action when it can claim that a state is violating the rights that it enjoys itself as an organisation. Thus in [ case ], the NGO successfully complained that the interception of its communications under the Interception of Communications Act 1985, s 3(2) conferred a virtually unfettered discretion on the Ministry of Defence, which represented a breach of the ECHR, art 8.
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Liberty v UK (2009) 48 EHRR 1
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organisations or groups can only bring an action when they are claiming that their rights (as distinct legal persons) have been violated. For instance, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) cannot bring actions on behalf of people whose rights may have been violated by a contracting state. It can only bring an action when it can claim that a state is violating the rights that it enjoys itself as an organisation. Thus in [ case ], the NGO successfully complained that the interception of its communications under the Interception of Communications Act 1985, s 3(2) conferred a virtually unfettered discretion on the Ministry of Defence, which represented a breach of the ECHR, art 8.
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organisations or groups can only bring an action when they are claiming that their rights (as distinct legal persons) have been violated. For instance, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) cannot bring actions on behalf of people whose rights may have been violated by a contracting state. It can only bring an action when it can claim that a state is violating the rights that it enjoys itself as an organisation. Thus in [ case ], the NGO successfully complained that the interception of its communications under the Interception of Communications Act 1985, s 3(2) conferred a virtually unfettered discretion on the Ministry of Defence, which represented a breach of the ECHR, art 8.
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Liberty v UK (2009) 48 EHRR 1
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