The word necromancy is adapted from Late Latin necromantia, itself borrowed from post-Classical Greek Î½ÎµÎºÏÎ¿Î¼Î±Î½ÏÎµÎ¯Î± (nekromanteÃ­a), a compound of Ancient Greek Î½ÎµÎºÏÏÏ (nekrÃ³s), dead body, and Î¼Î±Î½ÏÎµÎ¯Î± (manteÃ­a), divination by means of; this compound form was first used by Origen of Alexandria in the 3rd century AD.
The European Convention on Human Rights. The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is a treaty signed in 1950 by the then members of the Council of Europe. In this way, it predates the Euopean Communities and Union and arises from a quite different organisation.
By the end of 2010, the European Court of Human Rights had, in 271 cases, found violations of the European Convention of Human Rights by the United Kingdom.[4].These judgments cover a wide variety of areas, from the rights of prisoners to trade union activities.t the same time, the UK has also had a history of both de jure and de facto discrimination, and, in recent history, occasional violations of basic human rights, particularly in times of national security crises.