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* Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
* Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
* Article 5: Everyone has a right to liberty and security of person.
* Article 5: Everyone has a right to liberty and security of person.
* Article 8: Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.


The case of A v. United Kingdom (1998) involved the beating of a child with a garden cane. The court ruled:
The case of A v. United Kingdom (1998) involved the beating of a child with a garden cane. The court ruled: