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The right to liberty (Article 5 ECHR) refers to the freedom from captivity. The notion “liberty” describes the protection scope rather inaccurately because the wording does not tell us anything about the content of liberty (liberty from what?). The context only tells us that it is about freedom from captivity and detention. Freedom from captivity is the negative formulation of the freedom of movement. Article 5 ECHR is part of the so-called habeas corpus rights.
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Tiedemann, P. (2020). Freedom of Movement and the Rights Under Detention. In: Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42262-2_9
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