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Classes of Convention Rights (Absolute Rights (Art 6 (Right to a fair…

- - - - Only exceptions are if lethal force is "absolutely necessary"
  - - - Specific exceptions like lawful conviction and imprisonment, detention for deportation, etc
- - - - Was the "pressing social need" in a democracy to restrict the right?
        
        In the expression 'necessary in a democratic society', the word ' necessary' was not synonymous with 'indispensable', neither had it the flexibility of such expressions as 'admissible', 'ordinary', 'useful' and 'reasonable', but it implied the existence of a pressing social need (Sunday Times v UK, para 48).
      - Was the action taken proportionate to the aim pursued?
        
        Application of the proportionality test - whether the action taken went no further than was necessary to satisfy the aim in question